Rab, DB raid 2 student hostels for JMB men
Staff Correspondent
Members of the law enforcement agencies yesterday raided two student hostels in the city following intelligence report that the militants of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) are hiding there. Witnesses said a huge contingent of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police cordoned off the four-storey Latif Hostel of Tejgaon Polytechnic Institute at around 1:30pm following information that a JMB member who trained militants on how to make and explode bombs, is staying there. "Showing the picture of a bearded youth, the Rab men asked us whether we knew the youth or had seen anyone resembling him," said a number of students. They told the reporters that Rab members picked up a youth from the hostel and seized Tk 40,000 from a room during the four-hour raid. The director, however, denied it. Mohammad Sagir, a security guard of the hostel, said three youths went to the hostel at around 12:45pm and asked him about the number of gates there. "As I told them that this is the only gate to enter and exit, the youths left the place," he said, adding that a few minutes later the Rab men went there. Meanwhile, the DB (Detective Branch) police raided the North Hostel of Dhaka College. "We conducted an hour-long raid in the hostel but none was arrested," said Deputy Commissioner Shahidul Islam.
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