The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a “top militant leader” of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in Dhaka, who was once a fashion model, reports bdnews24.com.
Mehedi Hasan, 29, was arrested in Banasree during a raid on a house on Wednesday, said RAB-3 Commander Lt Col Tuhin Mohammad Masud.
A business graduate from Darul Ihsan University, he is known as Imam Mehedi Hasan aka Abu Jibril within the outlawed extremist group.
“He is the commander of the Ad-Dar-e-Kutni, a brigade under the revived JMB’s Tamim-Sarwar group. We have been looking for him for a long time,” said Lt Col Tuhin, who led the raid.
Hasan worked as a ramp model during his student years. He started a business after completing his studies. His family hails from Rajapur village of Patuakhali’s Bauphal Upazila. His father is a retired assistant sub-inspector of police.
He stands accused in previous terror cases filed at police stations in Uttara and Banani, said the RAB official. He was briefing reporters at the elite force’s media centre in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar.
Hasan told RAB during preliminary questioning that has been involved with the JMB since 2015. Two laptops, one cell phone, a passport and jihadi pamphlets have been seized from his residence.
“From the items we found in his possession, we believe that the Brigade Ad-Dar-e-Kutni has gained its own operational capabilities and can hit any target,” said the RAB-3 chief.
