He was arrested with three mobile phones, two laptops, a lot of jihadi books and various other materials in his possession
Rapid Action Battalion arrested a youth from Tangail for his alleged links to the recent audio message issued by al-Qaeda that called upon Bangladeshi Muslims to join in on a jihad against western countries.
Col Ziaul Ahsan, additional director general of RAB (operations), confirmed about the arrest to the Dhaka Tribune.
Identified as Mohammad Russell bin Sattar Khan, 21, son of Abdus Sattar Khan, the youth is a final year student at Tangail’s Textile Institute. He is also the main admin of the extremist militants’ page in the Facebook page “Basher Kella” and many other similar pages.
“Russell has been arrested as he was found out to be the main receiver of the audio clip,” said Col Ziaul Ahsan.
He was arrested with three mobile phones, two laptops, a lot of jihadi books and various other materials in his possession at their house in Majhipar, Tangail sometime around 5:30am.
Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune, Col Ziaul also said the youth was one of the main propagators of the audio clip.
A website named “Jihadology” posted the clip on January 14. The site is hosted at a domain located in the US. It came into light on Saturday.
Through the audio message (spoken in Arabic with English subtitles) uploaded in video format (having still photos as footage), al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Bangladeshi Muslims to fight against secularists and “atheists.”
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Quran IS THE FIRST BOOK WE KNOW OF THAT TOLD US ABOUT JIHAD. DO THE PEOPLE WHO USE THIS TERM “jihadi books” MEAN Quran AS WELL?HOW LOW THE IGNORANT (JAHIL) PEOPLE CAN STOOP?