Police arrested six people on Saturday night from Raipur village in Manikhat union under Sujanagar upzila suspecting their links with Islamist militants.
The six hailing from different districts recently gathered at a residence at the village and started a religious campaign triggering suspicion among the villagers and police arrested them for investigation, said Md. Samsul Islam, officer in-charge (OC of Sujanagar police station.
The arrestees are Ashraful Islam of Dohokola in Kushtia, Ariful Islam of village Piarpur in Kushtia, Ekhlasur Rahman of village Latidanga in Jhenidah, Milon Hossain of village Kalishangkarpur in Jhenidah, Shakil Hassan of village Garaduba in Meherpur and Fahima Akter of village Harinakundu in Jhenidah.
Police said the group was sheltered at Md. Arshed Ali's house at village Raipur a few days ago. A team from Sujanagar police station arrested them from the house at about 10 pm on Saturday.
During the drive the police also seized some Islamist books, two motorbikes and mobile sets from them, said sub-inspector Md. Sifatul Islam. The arrestees claimed that they came to the area to teach the Holy Quran in modern method.
Source : The Daily Star
