Chittagong Division (Islamist Terrorism): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2011

A Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) cadre, identified as Abdul Munnaf (37), was arrested on July 2 in Wapda area of Faridganj subdistrict of Chandpur District, reports Daily Star. Read less...

On July 6, Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) in separate drives arrested three Islamic Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres from Chittagong and Brahmanbaria Districts, reports Daily Star. Acting on a tip-off, a team of CMP raided Singer Beel of Brahmanbaria and arrested Nurunnabi alias Maxon (28). Upon information extracted from Maxon, the team conducted another drive at Chalitatala under Bayezid Police Station in Chittagong City and arrested Sarwar alias Babla (24) and Manik alias Gittu (24). An AK-47 rifle, an automatic pistol, a one-shooter gun, a locally-made rifle and a light gun were recovered from Chittagong City. Read less...

Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) detained three people, identified as Mujibur Rahman (45), Shafiqul Islam Munir (30) and Raju Sikder (24) and also recovered five Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), 300 grammes of sulphur (used in making bombs), a handwritten letter and a walkie-talkie from a building at Bandartila area in Chittagong City, reports Daily Star. Assistant Commissioner A.K.M. Emran Bhuiyan said the recovered letter, addressed to one “Mujib bhai”, contains some directions of armed operations and about an AK-47 rifle. Read less...

30-hour countrywide hartal (shutdown) called by an alliance of 12 Islamist party combine led by Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish (BKM) to protest “restoration of Secularism” in the Constitution entered second day on July 11. The main opposition party of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally JeI are supporting the hartal. On the first day of hartal, on July 10, Police picked up at least 228 activists mainly from Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) and BKM from Fatullah and Kanchpur in Narayanganj, Dhaka City, Chittagong, Pabna and Patuakhali Districts. Read less...

Police recovered four cocktail-like objects from a mosque in Bahir Signal area under Chandgaon Police Station in the port city of Chittagong on July 12, reports Daily Star. A team of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal unit is examining the objects, and after examination, they will confirm whether these are cocktails or not. Read less...