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Suspected Hizbut Tahrir operative held in Dhaka
Police have detained a suspected member of the banned Islamist outfit Hizbut Tahrir from Dhaka.
Published : 4 Feb 2016, 01:07 PM
Updated : 4 Feb 2016, 01:07 PM
Faidur Rahman, 36, was held from his residence at Tolarbagh in Mirpur on Wednesday night, said Special Superintendent Md Abul Kalam Azad of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).
“Faidur, is a trader of fish and scrap cloth produced as waste in garment factories (locally called Jhoot). But he has been for long running internet campaigns for the Hizbut Tahrir and also against the government. The evidence of his [illegal] activities has been found in his laptop,” he told bdnews24.com.
“He was responsible for recruiting members for the outfit from various places of Dhaka. He was once arrested from Shahbagh in 2010.”
A case was filed with Mirpur Police Station against him under the ICT Act, said the PBI official.
“We are now looking for his associates.”
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