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‘Hizb ut-Tahrir top leader, 14 others arrested in Ctg


Published : 23 Nov 2019 09:47 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 05:30 PM

Police said they arrested 15 extremists, including the top leader of banned extremist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir, from Chandgaon and Bayejid areas of the Chattogram city on early Saturday.
The arrested are Hizb ut-Tahrir regional commander Ershadul Alam, its members — Nazmul, Lokman, Mahfuz, Imtiaz, Karim, Abdullah Monayem, Kamrul Hassan, Azimuddin, Ariful Islam, Rafi, Azimul Huda, Nasir, Mostafa Akbar Chowdhury and Alauddin.
Police arrested 13 of them raiding a residential area at Chandgaon while they were holding a clandestine meeting. Two others were arrested in Bayezid area.
The drives were conducted between Friday night and early Saturday, said Md Abdur Rauf, additional deputy commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.
Police seized several laptops, mobile phones, jihadi books and leaflets from their possession, the ADC added.
He said that Ershadul was a teacher of an English medium school.