Chittagong Division (Islamist Terrorism): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2013

A Chittagong Court January 3 denied bail to 26 leaders and activists belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in a case filed for vandalism and arson on December 9, 2012, reports Daily Star. On December 9, the BNP-led 18-party alliance enforced a countrywide blockade programme to realise their demand for restoration of the caretaker Government system. Read less...

Another Chittagong Court denied bail prayers of 58 Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami-Chhatra-Shibir (ICS) activists, now in jail, in three different cases filed with Panchlaish Police Station for assaults on Policeman on November 18. Read less...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed an illegal arms factory and arrested seven militants with some firearms at Bhagaban Tila in Sitakunda sub-District of Chittagong District where two terrorist groups, "Yakub Bahini" and "Sadek Bahini", were holding clandestine meetings on January 10, reports The Daily Star. The arrested militants are identified as Sadek, Kashem, Nur Islam, Badsha, Osman, Jashim, and Al-Amin Sagar. The recovered arms include seven light guns, one single barrel gun, one revolver, six cartridges, and five machetes. Read less...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in two separate drives, arrested six alleged Hizb-ut Tawhid (HT) cadres in Chittagong city of Chittagong District on January 18, reports The Daily Star. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB arrested five of them in front of Belal Masjid in Muradpur area of the city. The arrestees were identified as Mofijul Islam (23), Osman (27), Shariful Islam (19), Saiful Alam (25), and Abdur Rahim (53). RAB also seized many leaflets, posters, magazines and books on Jihad from them. Later, RAB arrested Emdadul (19), from a house in Nasirabad Housing Society of the port city. Read less...

Police arrested 15 cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) for their alleged involvement in vandalism during a dawn-to-dusk hartal (general strike) called in Cox’s Bazar town of Cox’s Bazar District on January 20, reports The Daily Star. During the hartal, JeI cadres vandalised at least 11 vehicles including rickshaws at different points of the Cox’s Bazar town. Read less...

10 persons were injured as cadres of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) - Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) clashed with Police at Oxygen Intersection in the Chittagong city of Chittagong District during the 18-party alliance`s mass-contact programme on January 23, reports UNBconnect. The BNP-JeI cadres also vandalised several passing vehicles and Police arrested two cadres. The BNP-led 18-party observed a mass-contact programme to press for its various demands, including restoration of Caretaker Government (CG) system and release of the arrested leaders of BNP and the other components of the alliance. Read less...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres on January 28 clashed with Police in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Joypurhat and Satkhira Districts to mount pressure on the Government to stop the war crimes trials, reports The Daily Star. The clash left at least 70 people, including 50 Policemen, injured. Read less...

At least six persons, including four Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres, one Policeman and one civilian were killed as law enforcers dispersed pickets during the general strike the JeI-ICS cadres enforced across the country on January 31, reports The Times of India. Violence marked in Dhaka, Jhenaidah, Sylhet, Chittagong, Lakshmipur, Barisal, Moulvibazar and Sirajganj Districts disrupting normal life and commercial activities. Read less...

In Feni District, an autorickshaw driver succumbed to his wounds after his vehicle was attacked by JeI-ICS cadres. Read less...