The AMM is headed by Hafiz Tohar, a 45-year old Rohingya man , who hails from Kyauk Pyin Seik village in Maungdaw . Indian intelligence which closely monitors Islamist radical groups including the Rohingyas says Tohar's group has grown out of the Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami-Arakaan (HUJI-A) . Qadoos Burmi developed the HUJI-A network in Bangladesh , using the remote hills on its border with Myanmar , where coverage by Bangladesh security forces was at best limited. Senior Indian intelligence officials said that in July 2012 , Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)/ Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) started Difa-e-Musalman-e-Arakaan conference in Pakistan to highlight the Rohingya cause. Indian officials say Rohingya militants could be used to disturb the Myanmar-Bangladesh border zone not only by staging attacks inside Myanmar but also by forging close links with jihadi groups in both Bangladesh and India .

Source: bd News24 October 19, 2016 06:11 UTC