Militant group founder, wife remanded in anti-terrorism act case

A Dhaka court today placed Shamin Mahfuz, founder of militant group Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya and his wife Naznin Sultana on a three-day remand in a case lodged under the Anti-Terrorism Act with the capital’s Demra Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ahmed Humayun Kabir passed the order as police produced the duo before the court and pleaded to place them on ten-day remand.

According to law enforcement agencies, Shamin Mahfuz created the new militant organization named ‘Jamaat Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya’.

He along with his wife went into hiding in the deep hills of Bandarban after the joint force operation began in 2022.