Report in The Daily Star, May 17, 2017
Jhenidah: Law enforcers claimed to have recovered two suicide vests, four crude bombs and bomb-making materials near two houses of suspected Neo JMB operatives in Jhenidah Sadar upazila yesterday.
The houses in Chuadanga village belong to suspects Selim Hossain, 35, and Pranto Hossain, 17, who were arrested by a team of Rapid Action Battalion at their homes around 1:00am yesterday, said Rab-6 Commanding Officer Maj Monir Ahmed.
After gleaning information from them, Rab with the help of a four-member bomb disposal team from Khulna returned to the scene and recovered the suicide vests, bombs, 186 circuit boards, one anti-personnel mine like object and four containers filled with bomb-making materials from around the houses, the Rab official said.
Law enforcers cordoned off the houses and were supposed to go in but later called it off around 6:00pm yesterday. Maj Monir said they would go in early today.
Arrested Selim is the elder brother of suspected Neo JMB operative Tuhin Hossain, who was killed during a police raid in Jhenidah’s Maheshpur on May 8. Pranto is Tuhin’s cousin.
Khandakar Rafikul Islam, commanding officer of Rab-6 in Khulna, told journalists that on information they cordoned off the houses early yesterday and arrested them.
Locals said Selim has six siblings — four brothers and two sisters. Two of his brothers live abroad. He worked at Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation before, but left the job and stayed at home.
Pranto, eldest among four siblings, is a student of Jhenidah Government KC College. Assistant Superintendent of Police Abul Kalam Azad of Rab said police recovered the suicide vests from a bamboo cluster near one of the houses.http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/militant-den-suicide-vests-bombs-found-2-arrested-1406302
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