British terrorist leader held in Bangladesh
By IANSFriday, April 16, 2010
DHAKA - Bangladesh authorities Friday arrested Golam Mostafa, who is the chief of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) in Britain and accused of financing the banned Islamist militant outfit.
Golam Mostafa, 45, is a Bangladesh-born British national.
He was nabbed in Biswanath ‘upazila’ (sub district) of Sylhet district in northeastern Bangladesh.
Assistant Commissioner of the Detective Branch Rafiqul Islam confirmed the arrest, the Daily Star said Friday.
He has connections with Faisal Mostafa, another British citizen and chief of Britain-based NGO Green Crescent, arrested March 24 last year for operating an ammunition den inside a madrasa-cum-orphanage in Bhola, a southern island of Bangladesh.
Golam Mostafa was earlier arrested in 2007 with firearms and was sentenced to 17 years in jail.
Later, he was freed on bail in January this year.
The officer gave no explanation as to how and why Golam Mostafa was released on bail.
The police described Golam Mostafa as a war veteran, who fought the Soviets in Afghanistan.
Many of the Bangladeshis who fought in Afghanistan returned home to set up outfits aimed at establishing an Islamic monarchy in Bangladesh, the media report said.
