Anti Terrorism Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 10 Islamic extremists including six female operatives from a den in Kulaura police station of the district on Saturday.
The arrested were identified as Shariful Islam, 40, Hafij Ullah, 25, Khairul Islam, 22, Rafiul Islam, 22, Meghna, 17, Shapla Begum, 22, Maisha Islam, 20, Shanjida Khatun, 18, Amina Begum, 40, and Habiba binte Shafiqul, 20. They
went to the hideout from different districts of the country.
The special unit of the police also recovered 2.5 kilograms (Kgs) of explosives, 50 detonators, training manual, sourds, commando boots and cash from their possession in the operation Hillside.
The Counter Terrorism Unit of DMP surrounded the den, a newly built house that is 228 kilometers far from the capital Dhaka, in frontier Tattriuli village in Kalaura Police Station around 8 pm last night.
Sources said around 20 to 25 extremists used to live in the house built in an acre of land. A team of the police took part in the operation and caught the militants this morning. Sensing the police presence, the rest fled the spot.
"Police have informed that a new extremist group has radicalised a large number of people," Mohammad Asaduzzaman, chief of the specialised unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said, adding that those people have left their homes for hizrat.
He also said, "We have been informed that the extremist group has set up
their hideout in one of the hills of Moulvibazar."
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