Shamin Mahfuz, previously arrested on charges of militancy, has once again been detained, this time over suspected ties to the Pakistani militant organisation Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Members of RAB-11 arrested him in Narayanganj on Monday and later shown arrested in a case filed by the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) at Savar Model Police Station. Shamin, alleged by police to be the founder of extremist group Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, had recently been released on bail. While not named in the original case filed by ATU Inspector Abdul Mannan, Shamin was brought in for interrogation on suspicion of involvement with TTP. According to the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, Shamin was first detained in 2011 in a case filed in Thanchi, Bandarban.
