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2 top al-Qaeda leaders nabbed in Bangladesh
2 Top Al Qaeda Leaders Nabbed In Bangladesh. The Bangladesh chief of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent and his top advisor were among 12 militants arrested here with a large cache of explosives, foiling a plot to launch an attack during Eid festivities, officials said on Thursday.
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Dhaka: The Bangladesh chief of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent and his top advisor were among 12 militants arrested here with a large cache of explosives, foiling a plot to launch an attack during Eid festivities, officials said on Thursday.
The militants were held in a crackdown as raids were conducted in different parts of the capital, Maksudul Alam, assistant director of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) legal and media wing said.
Among the 12 arrested are -- Mufti Mainul Islam, Bangladesh's chief coordinator of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and his advisor Maolana Zafor Amin, he said.
"Huge stash of explosives, bomb-making materials, knives, training and jihadi books were seized from their possession," Alam said.
Islam is a former leader of the radical Harkat ul Jihad al Islami (HuJI) militant outfit which has carried out a series of attacks in Bangladesh since 2001 with the deadliest being the one on a rally of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2004. AQIS had been planning an attack in the Muslim-majority nation after Eid-ul Fitr, Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan, the most senior RAB spokesman, told reporters.
