Pakistan takes back 3 'militants'
Mon, Nov 15th, 2010 8:43 pm BdST
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Dhaka, Nov 15 (bdnews24.com) Pakistan has taken back its three nationals, arrested in 2009 for their alleged connection with militancy in Bangladesh.
Pakistani embassy in Bangladesh sent them back on Monday after negotiating their release with foreign ministry officials.
The Pakistani nationals were identified as Syed Abdul Kaium alias Sufian, 22, Ashraf Ali Zihad, 24, and Monwar Ali, 30. Sufian used to study mechanical engineering at Islamic Institute of Technology in Gazipur. The two other accused are diploma engineers.
Dhaka Central Jail officials said that the accused were released from the jail on Monday around 10.30 am.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Monirul Islam told bdnews24.com that they were kept in jail without charges as there not enough evidence to file case against them.
After receiving information from some militants, arrested from Chittagong, the police on Nov 13 last year arrested the Pakistani nationals from Tongi in Gazipur and Uttara in Dhaka.
After their arrest, the then police commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque at a press conference claimed that they used to work for Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based militant outfit. "Despite their valid visas and passports, they had no permission to work in Bangladesh."
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Mon, Nov 15th, 2010 8:43 pm BdST
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Dhaka, Nov 15 (bdnews24.com) Pakistan has taken back its three nationals, arrested in 2009 for their alleged connection with militancy in Bangladesh.
Pakistani embassy in Bangladesh sent them back on Monday after negotiating their release with foreign ministry officials.
The Pakistani nationals were identified as Syed Abdul Kaium alias Sufian, 22, Ashraf Ali Zihad, 24, and Monwar Ali, 30. Sufian used to study mechanical engineering at Islamic Institute of Technology in Gazipur. The two other accused are diploma engineers.
Dhaka Central Jail officials said that the accused were released from the jail on Monday around 10.30 am.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Monirul Islam told bdnews24.com that they were kept in jail without charges as there not enough evidence to file case against them.
After receiving information from some militants, arrested from Chittagong, the police on Nov 13 last year arrested the Pakistani nationals from Tongi in Gazipur and Uttara in Dhaka.
After their arrest, the then police commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque at a press conference claimed that they used to work for Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based militant outfit. "Despite their valid visas and passports, they had no permission to work in Bangladesh."
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