Police yesterday claimed the 28 women leaders and activists of
Jamaat-e-Islami arrested by Mohammadpur police on Thursday were planning
to conduct sabotage in government establishments.
Shafiqul Islam, inspector of Mohammadpur police and investigation
officer of a case filed against the arrestees, mentioned it in a
forwarding letter placed before a Dhaka court.
The arrestees were hauled before the court yesterday with a seven-day remand prayer for each of them.
Metropolitan Magistrate Delwar Hossain however granted two-day remand for interrogation in police custody for each of them.
The court also ordered the law enforcers to interrogate the arrestees in presence of policewomen.
Earlier, a team of Mohammadpur police arrested the 28 while they were
holding a secret meeting on the second floor of a building on Nurjahan
Road. The police also recovered leaflets, money receipts and monthly
reports of Jamaat-e-Islami along with books authored by Ghulam Azam and
Motiur Rahman Nizami.
In the case filed against the 28 under the Special Powers Act,
Sub-inspector Yeahia, also the plaintiff, said the women gathered in the
house to plan for subversive activities.
Biplob Kumar Sarker, deputy commissioner (Tejgaon Division), said
acting on a tip off, the police conducted a drive on house No. 11/7 in
the area.
Primarily it was learned that all of them were highly educated and
“Rukon” members of Jamaat, he said in a media briefing at Mohammadpur
Police Station yesterday.
Some of the women are doctors and teachers by profession, he added.
“We also suspect some of the arrestees belong to the families of war
crimes convicts.”
The police have yet to trace the clear identities of the women, as
they did not reveal anything, said Biplob, adding they would learn about
it after interrogation.
He suspects some of the arrestees have possible links with militancy.
Source: thedailystar.net February 04, 2017
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