Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the Jhenaidah district unit military commander of banned militant group Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HujiB).
Abdul Alim, 50, son of late Azizul Islam from Satkhira, was picked up early Saturday.
He was a close aide of Mufti Hannan, the chief of a faction of the militant outfit hanged recently, RAB said.
RAB 6 Jhenaidah Camp Commander Golam Morshed, also an assistant superintendent of police, said they had conducted raids at the district's Hathgopalpur village in four teams.
They finally arrested Alim from in front a graveyard around 4am.
Later in the day, he was produced before a Chuadanga court amid tight security in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The accused admitted planning sabotage in Chuadanga, Meherpur and Jhenaidah, RAB said.
After the July 1 Gulshan attack, Alim started organising a team consisting of 10 members in the region, the RAB official said.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
