Members of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Bangladesh Police arrested a fugitive member of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) during a raid on Monday night.

Acting on a tip-off, an ATU team conducted the raid at Kuril Bishwa Road area of Bhatara Police Station in the capital and made the arrest, according to an official press release.

The arrestee is Md Monowar Hossain.

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Monowar was arrested in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act at Hathazari Police Station in Chattogram. The case is currently pending in the court, said the release.

He had been hiding under a pseudonym in different parts of the country for about 12 years.

During primary interrogation, Monowar confessed to the spread of militancy and his involvement in subversive activities against the state, said the release.

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In another operation, ATU arrested two members of an online fraud gang from Boalia Police Station area of Rajshahi.

The arrestees were identified as Khondoker Md Mahbubur Rashid, 42 and Md Mizanur Rahman, 44. 

During the operation, a laptop, two mobile phones and various relevant documents used in the criminal activities were seized, according to the press release.

For a long time, the arrestees were part of an organized crime group that used an app called “Exness App” to scam people and used to transact money through the use of financial service providers (cash, bKash, Rocket, etc.) and bank accounts.

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Later, through illegal e-transactions, the money was converted into dollars and smuggled abroad and a huge amount of money was illegally siphoned off by keeping their dividend, the press release added.

A case has been registered against the arrestees under the Digital Security Act at Boalia Police Station.