Police had earlier arrested Sadiq Saifullah Rafat, son of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman, for his alleged involvement with Jamatul Ansar. Shafiqur was also arrested on charges of aiding militant activities of Jamatul Ansar. After apprehending them on Wednesday, police’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime or CTTC unit said on Thursday that the duo stayed in the Jamatul Ansar camp for around a year. Members of Jamatul Ansar treated the rebels like slaves and gave them up to 100 lashings a day. As many as 55 members of Jamatul Ansar and 200 of the Bawm Party started for Mizoram one day.

Source: bd News24 December 23, 2022 00:08 UTC