Alleged Ansarullah Bangla member detained in Jhenaidah

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The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police arrested an alleged member of outlawed militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Jhenaidah on Wednesday, reports news agency BSS.

The detainee was identified as M Sajib Hossain, 26, son of a certain late Shawkat Hossain, from Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah district.

Acting on a tip-off, the ATU team detained Sajib from Mongolpaita Bazar of the upazila around 3:20pm, said the police.

Two mobile sets were also seized from his possession.

During the interrogation, Sajib said they had been running a campaign to establish “Gazwatul Hind” through bloody war and had been conducting various operations in order to establish Khilafat in Bangladesh, police claimed.

The process of filing a lawsuit against Sajib is underway, the law enforcement said.