9 'Allahr Dal’ operatives held in Sylhet
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP arrested nine suspected members of banned militant group ‘Allahr Dal’ from a house at Arambagh in Sylhet city on Wednesday night.
The arrested persons are: Manik Akhand alias Mehedi Hasan, 32, of Bogura; Jahir Uddin Babar, 20, of Noakhali; Abul Kalam Azad, 20, of Cumilla; Tomi Uddin Sumon, 30, of Sunamganj; Ashraful Islam, 29, of Rajshahi; and Russel Ahmed, 24, Kamal Ahmed, 25, Jewel Ahmed, 24 and Md Swapan Ahmed of Sylhet district.
Acting on a tip-off, a CTTC team from Dhaka with the assistance of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) raided a house under Shah Poran Police Station around 10:30pm on Wednesday and arrested them.
SMP Additional Commissioner Paritosh Gosh informed this at a press briefing held at the SMP headquarters on Thursday afternoon.
He said during interrogation, the arrested persons admitted to plotting acts of sabotage.
A case has been filed with Shah Poran police against them.
