Rab, DB raid 2 student hostels for JMB men
Witnesses said a huge contingent of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police cordoned off the four-storey Latif Hostel of Tejgaon Polytechnic Institute at around 1:30pm following information that a JMB member who trained militants on how to make and explode bombs, is staying there.
"Showing the picture of a bearded youth, the Rab men asked us whether we knew the youth or had seen anyone resembling him," said a number of students.
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The director, however, denied it.
Mohammad Sagir, a security guard of the hostel, said three youths went to the hostel at around 12:45pm and asked him about the number of gates there.
"As I told them that this is the only gate to enter and exit, the youths left the place," he said, adding that a few minutes later the Rab men went there.
Meanwhile, the DB (Detective Branch) police raided the North Hostel of Dhaka College.
"We conducted an hour-long raid in the hostel but none was arrested," said Deputy Commissioner Shahidul Islam.