Staff Reporter:
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested an active member of Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bang-ladesh from Mohammadpur area of the capital during a drive on Sunday afternoon.
The arrestee- Md Abdul Baten, 60, is the son of late Arshad Ali, a resident of Daulatpur Thana area in Manikganj district.
“A team of the RAB-2 arrested him after a search operation was conducted in Mohammadpur Thana area around 3pm yesterday,” RAB-2 Senior Assistant Director (media) ASP Shihab Karim told today.
“Baten is an active member of the banned militant outfit, and a leader of its Dawat and finance depart-ment. Total four cases were lodged against him in Dulatpur thana of Manikganj and Sher-e-Bangla Na-gar and Hazaribagh thanas in the capital,” he added.
“A court issued warrant against him five years ago, and ever since then, he has been absconding by changing his identity,” he added.
Necessary legal action has been taken against him, the RAB-2 official added.
