Hizb ut-Tahrir top leader held in Capital

Staff Reporter :
The elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the top leader of the banned militant group Hizb ut-Tahrir from Capital’s Jatrabari area on Saturday after 11 years of absconding.
The accused has been identified as Tauhidur Rahman Tauhid, 32, an active convicted member of the ‘Dawah’ and finance department of the militant group.
According to information, Tauhid was actively involved in anti-state activities holding meetings to conspire against the government and distributing leaflets and posters of Hizb ut-Tahrir to encourage madrasa and school students to be engaged in militancy.
Senior Assistant Director of RAB-2 Md Fazlul Haque confirmed the matter to the media saying that acting on tipped off; a special team of RAB-2 conducted a drive in Dhaka’s Jatrabari and arrested Tauhid.
Tauhid was indicted in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act at the capital’s Hazaribagh Police Station. He has been absconding for the past 11 years and continued his involvement with the militant group, said the RAB official.
Efforts are on to nab his associates based on his information. Legal processes are underway against the arrestee, the RAB officer added.