Extremism rises once again in Bangladesh; target to kill one in each month

Extremism rises once again in Bangladesh at the nose of security forces but they are in mood in skipping the incidence. Earlier, many illustrious personalities are brutally assassinated in broad day light by the hands of these fanatic people; but men in police administration failed to act and react to these evidences. Now Ansarullah Bangla Team, a religious terror group announced their decision to kill one person at each month. From the words of detailed high-ups of this extreme party, it is learnt when the police interrogated them. Police high-ups said they are at a motive to target a person, who is to their language considered as anti-Islamic. Law enforcers came to a opinion that Ansarullah people might kill the bloggers before in several places of the country.They apprehended that this militant group was involved in the killings of blogger and writer Avijit Roy in Dhaka in February, Oyasiqur in March and Ananta Bijoy in May in Sylhet. Law enforcers assumed due to their special drives against possible terrorist act, the group did not able to attack on its target in last April. They detained many of the Ansarullah militants during those drives. The militant group first conducted its operation in 2013, for anti-Islamic writings.The militant group also killed blogger Rajiv Haidar that year. Later on 30 September 2014, Ansarullah militants reportedly killed a private university student Ashraful Alam in Savar and are believed to be responsible for the killing of Rajshahi University professor Shafiul Alam on 15 November. An official of Detective Brach of police (DB), who was present during interrogations of the recently detained members of Ansarullah, said the militant group is concentrating on killing as many people they can. Joint commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Monirul Islam told reporters that the Ansarullah was no longer an individual organization. It is being used as a ‘platform’ for the extremists of this generation. They are following the ideology and strategies of al-Qaeda from inception. Several intelligence officials, who monitor Ansarullah Bangla team, said the group chief Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani and several other members were arrested in 2013. In 2014, the militants were not active and were regrouping. They became again from December last year. They could organize themselves in small groups. An intelligence agency has a list of 25 members of this group. Of the 25, around 18 are from different cadet colleges. Some of them were arrested recently. Ansarullah Bangla Team, formed in 2007, first came into the limelight in 2013 by killing blogger Rajiv Haider. The government banned the organization on 25 May this year. Now in view to show new strategy, the organization sends press releases to media houses after holding small processions in front of different mosques almost every Friday.