[ALOCHONA] Huji hideout busted : Accused in Udichi, Ramna blasts cases arrested

Huji hideout busted : Accused in Udichi, Ramna blasts cases arrested


Abdul Hannan Sabbir  

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested two members of banned Islamist militant outfit Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji), including its acting chief Abdul Hannan Sabbir, from a hideout at Keraniganj.Sabbir, 51, is an accused in sensational cases for carrying out bomb attacks on an Udichi programme in Jessore and a Pahela Baishakh celebrations event at Ramna Batamul, said Rab officials at a press conference at its headquarters in the capital.The other arrestee Ainul Haq, 28, was coordinating recruitment and secret training of Huji militants.

Sabbir was also sued in a case filed for planting a 76 kilogram bomb at Sheikh Hasina's rally venue at Kotalipara in Gopalganj in 2000.According to Rab, the arrestees rented a house near Pachgona Government Primary School in Ati Bazar area a month ago by disguising themselves as garment workers.Three teams of Rab-10, including members of its bomb disposal unit, jointly raided the house around 2:00am yesterday and captured the Huji men.The law enforcers also recovered some compact disks (CDs), a bomb-making manual and organisational books of the outfit.

Huji has been trying to reorganise recently, claimed Commander M Sohail, director of Legal and Media Wing of Rab. "Huji members were visiting different madrasas to recruit members and impart training to them. Analysis of such activities suggests they were planning to carry out subversive activities," he told The Daily Star.

An Afghan war veteran Sabbir was the founding organising secretary of Huji and later acted as commander of its northern unit. Hailing from Bogra, he used to reside in Rajshahi and run a women's madrasa there. He absconded from Rajshahi after the present government took over and launched a combing operation against militants, mentioned the Rab official. The militant took training on arms and explosives at camps in Ukhia under Cox's Bazar to join Iraq war in 1988, but Indian police arrested him for trespassing.Later in 1993, he returned home and started training the new recruits of Huji.

On December 14 last year Rab busted a Huji den at Raujan of Chittagong and arrested four military trainers. Sabbir was present there and managed to escape arrest.According to confessions made by already arrested Huji leaders, the militants are responsible for more than 20 deadly bomb and grenade attacks since 1999 that killed over 100 people.  

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=183263

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