Three Jamaat, Shibir activists arrested in Rajshahi

Police in Rajshahi have arrested three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.

The arrests were made from the northern district’s Boalia upazila early on Sunday, say police.

“The house of one Rabiul was raided on a tip-off that a Zoom meeting was being held to plot terror attacks,” Boalia police OC Nibaran Chandra Barman told the media.

The suspects have been identified as Md Robiul Sheikh, 40, a Rokon member of Jamaat, Parvez, 22, and Habib, 27. 

A huge amount of jihadi literarure, banners, cash registers, communication devices and locally-made weapons were siezed during the raid, said the Boalia police chief.

The arrestees are named in multiple cases, according to police.