JMB militant Pragya gives confessional statement

Pragya Debnath alias Ayesha Jannat Mohona alias Jannatut Tasnim, 25, an alleged member of the women wing of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on Wednesday gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara recorded Pragya’s statement under section 164 as police produced her before the court after the end of her four-day remand. The court then sent her to jail.

Earlier on July 17, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court remanded her in the anti-terror act case filed with Motijheel police station.

A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s counter terrorism unit arrested Pragya, an Indian citizen, from Sadarghat area on July 16 and recovered her Indian passport, a Bangladeshi birth certificate, a Bangladeshi national identity card, and two mobile phones from her possession.