Top LeT militant arrested in Dhaka

The top most Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in Bangladesh,overseeing the group’s militant movements across the Indian borders,was arrested by the police in a midnight swoop from the capital,the police said 28-year-old,Emdadullah alias Mahbub was captured by the police when they raided his hideout at Gabtali area of Dhaka on a tip off.

He was described as the main co-ordinator of the Pakistan based LeT who the police said had sneaked into the country in 2006,implying that he was not a Bangladeshi national.

Emdadullah,the police said,was also involved in transportation of bomb making materials across the border.

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This is the second major catch of militants by the Bangladesh’s authorities in the last few weeks. Earlier,the country’s specialised anti-terror police busted training centres of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in deep jungles and arrested a number of top militants of the group.

The authorities said they will disclose more details about the arrest of the LeT militant later in the day.