3 Huji men held for CPB rally blast

Aftermath of the bomb attack on a CPB meeting in Purana Paltan in January 2001. Star file photo

Rapid Action Battalion arrested three members of Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami early Sunday in connection with the 2001 bomb blasts at the rally of Communist Party of Bangladesh in the capital's Paltan Maidan.
A team of Rab intelligence wing captured Moulana Md Idris Ali, Moulana Md Abdul Latif and Sakhawat Hossain at about 12:30am in Krishi Market area of Mohammadpur following secret information, Wing Commander Mohammad Sohail, director (Legal and Media Wing) of the Rab, told The Daily Star.
The heinous bomb attacks on January 21, 2001 killed five people and injured 50 others.
Following the bomb attack, CPB President Manjurul Ahsan Khan filed a case with Motijheel Police Station.
Earlier, Criminal Investigation Department arrested Huji leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and several other members for their involvement in the bomb blasts. Moreover, two members of Lasker-e-Taiba of India were also shown arrested in the case and they were taken on remand for interrogation.