6 arrested in Bangladesh for recruiting Rohingyas to Al-Qaeda teams

Bangladesh Police stated all of the six arrested weren’t solely recruiting Rohingyas to Al-Qaeda however had been additionally giving them weapons coaching. 

Dhaka,UPDATED: Feb 3, 2023 23:29 IST

Six individuals related to the banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami had been arrested by the Bangladesh Police (India Today picture)

By Subodh Kumar: The Bangladesh Police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) on Friday arrested six individuals related to the banned outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI), a bunch affiliated with Al-Qaeda, for allegedly recruiting Rohingyas from refugee camps. Among the six arrested is Fakhrul Islam (58), a prime chief of HuJI who acquired arms coaching in Afghanistan and met former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s counterterrorism chief Md Asaduzzaman stated Fakhrul gave funds to Rohingyas disguised as donations to recruit them to Al-Qaeda.

The different 5 who had been arrested embrace Fakhrul Islam’s son Saiful Islam(24), Suruzzaman (45), Abdullah Al Mamun (46), Din Islam (25) and Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun (46). Asaduzzaman stated all of the six arrested weren’t solely recruiting Rohingyas to Al-Qaeda however had been additionally giving them weapons coaching.

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According to the CTTC, Fakrul Islam went to Pakistan in 1988 to affix the Soviet-Afghan struggle and later took weapons coaching in Afghanistan. During these years, he met a number of Taliban leaders, together with the then Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar.

He returned to Bangladesh after 10 years and joined the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami-Bangladesh. The CTTC stated he lately took command of the group and was planning an enormous terrorist assault to register his presence.

It added that Fakhrul Islam was planning to hold out “major militant attacks” at key areas in Bangladesh and wished to ship a message to the nation’s companies that HuJi had not but been worn out.

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What is Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami?

Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) stands for Islamic Jihad motion. HuJI’s most energetic unit, HuJI-Bangladesh (HuJI-B) was established in 1992 with the assistance of Osama bin Laden’s International Islamic Front (IIF).

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Feb 3, 2023