Dhaka: The authorities in Bangladesh
on Sunday raided the office of a global Islamic terror group and
seized key documents amid fears that terrorists were trying to
regroup in the country, the latest news report said.
Police seized equipment and materials from the Dhaka
head office of Islamic outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which was banned
on October 22 by the government as it was a "threat to
national safety".
Mahid Uddin, Deputy Police Commissioner of Motijheel
zone in the capital, said the "papers seized from the office
shows that they were very well organised."
A computer, files and a video camera were seized in
the raid, but the crucial hard disk of the computer was not
found, the police said.
"The stuffs were seized following a court a order,"
Mujibur Rahman, officer in charge of Paltan Police Station,
was quoted as saying by the Daily Star newspaper today.
According to the authorities the organisation has been
banned in a number of countries, "including Turkey because of
their involvement with terrorist activities".
The outfit is the fifth militant organisation to be
banned in Bangladesh. Amid earlier warning that Islamist
militants may be trying to regroup, the police and
paramilitary forces conducted massive anti-militancy
operations across the country.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, October 26, 2009, 13:37