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A constable was held hostage at the Hathazari madrasa to force the authorities to release the bodies of four people, killed during the March 26 mayhem, without autopsies, according to a case document.  The document also described the tension between Hefazat-e-Islam and the administration at Hathazari upazila as violence flared up during the protest against the visit of Indian

Jihadi announced the committee at a press conference at Khilgaon Chourasta Jaam-e Mosque in Dhaka. He also announced a 16-member advisory committee and nine-member special committee.  All the leaders incorporated in the new committee are not involved in active politics and regarded as "Awami League government sympathisers", sources at Hefajat said. Yusuf Madani -- son of the former amir of Hefajat, Shah Ahmad Shafi -- was included in the new committee. On April 25, the central committee of the...

Hefajat-e Islam will announce today its new committee comprising of what insiders said would be the leaders sympathetic to the ruling Awami League. The previous committee was disbanded around one and a half months ago amid a government crackdown on Hefajat leaders following the islamist organisations's violence across the country that started over Indian Prime Minister

Police today arrested two persons including a Hefajat-e-Islam leader and his associate from Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram in connection with the March 26 mayhem in Hathazari. The arrestees are Hefajat's Hathazari municipality unit Assistant Dawah Secretary Aminul Islam (27) and Aftab Uddin Piayru (30), reports our Chattogram staff correspondent quoting police. "Aminul is

Hathazari Mayhem: Hefajat leader, his associate held in Ctg Staff Correspondent, Ctg Staff Correspondent, Ctg Police arrested Hefajat-e-Islams Hathazari municipality units Assistant Dawah Secretary Aminul Islam and his associate Aftab Uddin Piayru  in Chattograms Fatikchhari yesterday over the mayhem unleashed in the upazila on March 26. Additional Superintendent of Police Abdullah Al Masum said Aminul, 27, was accused in several cases filed with Hat...

Allegations of Fund Embezzlement Staff Correspondent 19th May, 2021 10:20:27 The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a probe into allegations of fund embezzlement against a number of leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam, including its chief Junayed Babunagari and joint secretary Mamunul Haque. The Hefazat leaders are facing allegations of embezzling crores of taka from the funds of their organisation, different madrasas, orphanages and Islamic institutions and foreign aid meant for spending on ...

The latest government pushback followed intelligence that terrorist groups had infiltrated Hefajat-e-Islam.

M A Hossain Hefazat-e-Islam(HI) in Bangladesh was established in 2010 as a countermeasure to thwart the enactment of the Women’s Development Policy Bill that proposed equal inheritance rights to women. Hefazat-e-Islam, which means”protector of Islam” claims itself to be an apolitical organisation predicating on the hypothesis that they do not take part in the national electoral politics; however, quite the contrary, it has emerged as an important Dramatis Personae in Bangladeshi politics ...

Two more Hefajat leaders arrested over March mayhem Activists of Hefazat-e-Islam build lines of defence on a road near the main gate of Hathazari Madrasa in Chattogram on March 27, 2021 while policemen stand guard in front of them. Photo: Rajib Raihan Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Police today arrested two more leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam in connection with the violence surrounding the organisations protest of Indian Prime Minister Narendra M...

Hefajat’s mayhem: Mufti Harun Izhar on 9-day remand Mufti Harun Izhar Star Digital Report Star Digital Report A court in Chattogram placed Hefajat-e-Islams central leader Mufti Harun Izhar on nine-day remand today, in three cases filed with Hathazari Police Station over March 26 mayhem centring the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Helal Uddin granted his three-day remand in each of the three cases after he was produced before the ...