“As most of their members have been arrested, they were trying to reorganise differently for the group’s survival. Mashiur was a member of Islami Shasantantra Andolan before getting involved in the new militant group, according to the chief of DMP’s DB. The Bangladesh Army conducted an operation against the KNF in the wake of bloody clashes, bank robberies and weapons looting in the hill tracts. A few dozen KNF members were arrested while the authorities warned tourists not to travel to the hills. The Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Unit had said that members of the banned militant outfits Harkatul Jihad, Ansar Al Islam and Jamaatul Mujahideen had formed the new armed group Sharqiya.

Source: bd News24 May 14, 2024 14:04 UTC