Outlawed extremist group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has become active during the polls time hubbub to prove its existence. It’s believed that two people in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia are financing JMB activities in Bangladesh.
Reportedly, they have enlisted around 40 Rohingyas from the camps in Cox’s Bazar.
They planned to carry out attacks on thirty first night and target killings. The information has come to light from interrogating three extremists who were arrested and questioned by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit.
The three arrested are: Abdul Hakim, Noman and Shafiq.

Thirty commando knives, one machete, 30 explosive containers and 1.5 kg explosives were recovered from them.
It’s believed that keeping the election in view, several proscribed Islamist parties have become active with Hizbut Tahrir distributing anti-democracy leaflets is several parts of Dhaka.
CTTC officials say that members of radical parties take democracy as an ideology of the heretics.
“They planned to attack a thirty first night party in Cox’s Bazar using the knives to cause harm without creating any sound,” says CTTC officials.
The explosive containers can be used to make grenades, they added.
Deputy Commissioner of CTTC, Rahmatullah Chowdhury, says, “The extremists are trying to prove their existence and are engaged in luring the Rohingyas into joining their cause.”
Two persons, one in Saudi and the other in Malaysia, have been identified who have been providing support to JMB for a long time, he added.
The person residing in Saudi Arabia is Abdur Rakib, a close relative of Shayakh Abdur Rahman, a leading JMB leader in Bangladesh.
CTTC Additional Deputy Commissioner Ahmedul Islam says, “In addition to carrying out attacks, the JMB was trying to contact other radical groups.”
They are trying to regroup but we are vigilant, he assured.