Convicted militant on the run for 11 years arrested in Dhaka’s Jatrabari

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a convicted member of the banned militant group Hizb ut-Tahrir from Dhaka's Jatrabari area.

The arrestee was identified as Tauhidur Rahman Tauhid, 32, an active member of the ‘Dawah' and finance department of the militant group. He was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by an Anti-Terrorism Tribunal.

Tipped off, a special team of RAB-2 conducted a drive in Dhaka's Jatrabari on Saturday and arrested Tauhid, Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Md Fazlul Haque, senior additional director (Media) of RAB-2, said.

Tauhid was indicted in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act at the capital's Hazaribagh police station. He has been absconding for the past 11 years and continued his involvement with the militant group, said the Rab official.

According to the RAB official, Tauhid was actively involved in anti-state activities -- holding meetings to conspire against the government and distributing leaflets and posters of Hizb ut-Tahrir to encourage madrasa and school students to be engaged in militancy.

Efforts are on to nab his associates based on his information. Legal processes are underway against the arrestee, said the RAB officer.