report in The Daily Star, Oct 9, 2023Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit on Saturday evening arrested five members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, including its nayeb-e-amir, from Jatrabari in Dhaka. The arrestees are Nayeb-e-Amir Sakhawatul Kabir alias Anis alias Rafique, 45, military wing chief of Dhaka region Ihsanur Rahman alias Murad alias Saif, 26, and members Bakhtiar Rahman alias Nazmul, 30, Yusuf Ali Sarker, 31, and Jahedul Islam alias…
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report in Prothom Alo, 16 Sep 2023The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four alleged active operatives of banned militant outfit ‘Ansar Al Islam’ in separate drives conducted in different places of Thakurgaon and Dinajpur districts Thursday night, BSS reports. Flight Lieutenant Mahmud Bashir Ahmed, senior assistant director (Media) of RAB-13 confirmed their arrest in a press release issued on Friday night. It said, “Acting on intelligence, a team of RAB-13 conducted a drive and arrested…
by Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, Jun 27, 2023A top leader of the militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islam (Huji) instructed Shamin Mahfuj to establish and initiate the formation of a new militant faction, which later became known as Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya. The Huji leader, Abu Sayeed, also known as Abu Jafar, who is an accused in the grenade attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004, provided the directives during a…
report in Prothom Alo, May 18, 2023Foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen on Wednesday said how the Ansar forces would provide escort to diplomats has been finalised. Foreign missions in Dhaka would be informed about the decision through note verbale on Thursday or by next Sunday, 21 May, he added. The foreign secretary disclosed the information while speaking to newspersons after a meeting with director general of the Bangladesh Ansar and VDP (Village Defence Party) at…
report in The Daily Star, Mar 13, 2023Rab said its members have arrested nine members of the newly surfaced militant group Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya from Bandarban yesterday. The outfit’s training commander Didar Hossain alias Chompai was among the arrestees, Khandaker Al Moin, Rab’s legal and media wing director, said today. They were arrested along with arms and ammunition during a drive at the district’s Tonkaborti area, he said, adding that Rab would hold…