Police keeping eye on those who trying to join Taliban

Police are keeping eye on those trying to join the Taliban, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam.

He told this to reporters after visiting the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital around 11:15 am on Saturday.

Government intelligence agencies are working on this regard. Police are also trying their best to prevent any kind of incident, he added.

The commissioner said, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit arrested an alleged leader of militant groups who was a bomb expert and trained others online to make bombs.

“We were able to arrest this whole gang,” he said.

UNB adds: “August 15 is an important day and the militants may try to carry out subversive activities in the two-km area of the programme venue if they fail to carry out an attack on the location in a bid to draw attention of the international media. But we think no such incident will happen,” he said.    

“Now the cyber technology has captivated the world and militants are recruiting and encouraging people to use it. Recently, the Taliban has urged people to join the war in Afghanistan and some people, responding to their call, have left home. We just want to say the militants are active,” said Shafiqul.

ALM