12 Al-Qaeda suspects put on 3-day remand

Twelve Al-Qaeda militant suspects who were detained by Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday were put on a three-day police remand.
The twelve militants, including the Bangladesh chief coordinator and an adviser to the global militant outfit, are said to be members of the AQIS (Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent).
Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Molla Saiful Alam gave the order.
Earlier, investigative officer and Darussalam police sub-inspector Jalal Uddin sought the remand in Saiful Alam’s court.
The detained are Mowlana Mainul Islam alias Mahim alias Bodiul, 35, Mufti Zafar Amin alias Salman, 34, Mohammad Saidul Islam alias Said Tamim, 20, Mosharraf, 19, Abdur Rahman Bepari, 25, Al-Amin alias Ibrahim, 28, Mozahidul Islam, alias Nokib alias Sharif alias Ismail, 31, Ashraful Islam alias Abul Hashem, 20, Rabiul Islam alias Hasan alias Rabiul, 28, Mohammad Habib Ullah, 26, Shahidul Islam alias Shagar, 29, Altab Al-Mamun, 26.
Of them, Mowlana Mainul Islam is the chief coordinator of the AQIS.
The arrested are sued under terrorism and explosives control act.
RAB claimed the arrested are members of AQIS Bangladesh. They are members of Harkatul Jihad as well. RAB said they were trying to regroup under different tag to join AQIS.
RAB said in press conference that HuJi-B leader Mufti Moin Uddin alias Abul Jandal was communicating with the leaders and activists of the militant outfit by SMS and mobile phone from jail. 
The elite force also claimed recovery of explosives, materials for making bombs, different types of sharp weapons, and books on training and Jihad from the possession of the arrested men.