Hefazat top leader Mufti Harun Bin Izhar, alias Harun Izhar walked out of the Chattogram Central Jail tonight, securing bail in 11 cases filed against him with Hathazari and Patiya police stations over the mayhem during the anti-Modi protests in 2021
by IANS - May 12, 2021 05:38 AM
Hardline Hefazat-e-Islam shout slogans
in Dhaka.
Militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, which was behind the recent unrest in Bangladesh, has a sub-group called Manhazi , whose members include some who had trained in Afghanistan , a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police s Joint Commissioner, Mahbub Alam also told IANS that banned terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) was also showing signs of activity.
According to officials, since the early 1980s, many people went from Bangladesh to Afghanistan to join the Al Qaeda fighting against the Soviet Army. There is no accurate count of how many, mostly madarsa teachers and students, had gone theere, but the rise of militancy in Bangladesh in the 1990s was spurred on by these fighters returning home.
Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mufti Harun Izhar has given his confessional statement over the mayhem in Chattogram. The arrested central Hefajat leader Mufti Harun Izar today gave his confessional statement before a court of Chattogram in connection with the cases filed over the mayhem in Hathazari upazila on March 26 during the protests against Indian PM Modi's visit.
Hefazat sub-group Manhazi members trained in Afghanistan
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24 more Hefazat supporters held for 5-day massacre in Brahmanbaria Image Source: IANS News
Dhaka, May 11 : Militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, which was behind the recent unrest in Bangladesh, has a sub-group called Manhazi , whose members include some who had trained in Afghanistan , a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police s Joint Commissioner, Mahbub Alam also told IANS that banned terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) was also showing signs of activity.
According to officials, since the early 1980s, many people went from Bangladesh to Afghanistan to join the Al Qaeda fighting against the Soviet Army. There is no accurate count of how many, mostly madarsa teachers and students, had gone theere, but the rise of militancy in Bangladesh in the 1990s was spurred on by these fighters returning hom
Hefajat’s mayhem: Mufti Harun Izhar on 9-day remand
Mufti Harun Izhar
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Star Digital Report
A court in Chattogram placed Hefajat-e-Islam s central leader Mufti Harun Izhar on nine-day remand today, in three cases filed with Hathazari Police Station over March 26 mayhem centring the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Helal Uddin granted his three-day remand in each of the three cases after he was produced before the court with a seven-day remand prayer for each case, said Chattogram Court s Inspector Humayun Kabir. Apart from that, Mufti Harun was shown arrested in two more cases, he added.