Comilla chosen as new JMB den this month
Star Report
Explosives expert of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Shakil alias Mollah Omar moved to Kaliajuri in Comilla, considering it safe this month as the law enforcers paid less attention to the district where no militant activities were reported recently.While the law enforcers had been searching for the deadly operative in the northern region and Tangail, Mymensingh and Jamalpur districts, Shakil had stayed safely in Comilla. Considering the district town as a safe place, JMB chief Abdur Rahman's son Nabil also took shelter there. So did Khaled Saifullah, a member of Majlish-e-Sura, the highest decision taking body of JMB. Several JMB operatives had rented flats in the town couple of months back and had been living there without having any problem, law enforcers revealed yesterday. Mollah Omar was learnt to have sent a big cache of explosives from Bogra to Comilla recently, reports our Bogra correspondent. Omar stored the explosives in Comilla as part of the plans to conduct attacks in several districts including the divisional headquarters, said a source.
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CLOCKWISE ... Curious people gather near the cordoned off house Jannatul Shafi; bomb-making materials and equipment recovered from three JMB dens; Rab bomb squad men carry some seized bomb-making equipment. PHOTO: STAR/TV GRAB |
