3 Rohingya militants caught

Three Myanmar citizens have been arrested from Dhaka for suspected ties to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and the explosions in West Bengal’s Burdwan town.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 1 Dec 2014, 05:20 AM
Updated : 1 Dec 2014, 08:53 AM
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Krishnapada Roy said they arrested the ‘Rohingya militants’ from Lalbagh’s Etimkhana Mor around 9:30pm Sunday.
The men arrested were identified as Nur Hossain aka Rafikul Islam, 26, Yasir Arafat, 22, and Omar Karim, 25.
They were caught with five detonators, two gel explosives and several bomb-making ingredients, said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch, Saidur Rahman.
“They are Rohingya militants, They have links to Rohingya Soliditary Organisation (RSO), Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU) and Netherlands-based NGO Global Rohingya Center (GRC).”
Two suspected militants were killed at Burwan town on Oct 2 in explosions at a house that had been turned into a bomb-making facility. India’s National Investigation Agency said the house was being used by militants belonging to the JMB, a banned extremist group from Bangladesh.
Sheikh Rahmatullah Sajid, said to be the head of JMB’s module in the town, was arrested in Kolkata. Detectives believe he is known as Masum in his home town at Narayanganj’s Farazikanda.
Another Rohingya man Khalid Mohammad had been arrested from Hyderabad in connection with the incident.