Information About Incident 56850-112285-283995 in Rajshahi Bangladesh

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Police arrested seven cadres of militant outfit Hizb-ut Tawhid (HT) and seized a huge number of jihadi books from their possession after they were given a mass beating at Nandangachhi Railway Station in Charghat sub-District of Rajshahi District on July 30, reports The Daily Star.

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• Meta Location: Charghat Rajshahi District
• Matched District: Rajshahi
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: Police
• Subject: seven cadres of militant outfit Hizb - ut Tawhid ( HT )

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Police arrested seven cadres of militant outfit Hizb-ut Tawhid (HT) and seized a huge number of jihadi books from their possession after they were given a mass beating at Nandangachhi Railway Station in Charghat sub-District of Rajshahi District on July 30, reports The Daily Star. The arrested are Abdul Zabbar, Yusuf Ali, Moaz-bin Kashim, Mohammad Tapan, Mosharraf Hossain, Shahabul Hossain and Golam Nabi. Police said the militants asked a newspaper hawker, Yusuf Hossain, to sell books of the militant outfit while he was travelling on Uttara Express train. As Yusuf refused to do so they beat him up. Following the happening, the people at the railway station became angry and beat the militants up. At least 30 people were injured in the clash between the banned Islamist organisation HT and villagers.

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