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{{Infobox war faction | name = Ansarullah Bangla Team | native_name = আনসারুল্লাহ বাংলা টিম | native_name_lang = | war = | image = Ansarullah Bangla Team Flag.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Banner of Ansarullah Bangla Team | active = 2013 - present | status = Active | ideology = Islamic extremism | position = | motives = | allegiance = *Al-Qaeda

| clans = | founders = | founder = | founding_leader = | leader_title = Suspected Chief | leaders = | leader = Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani | military_leader = | political_leader = | leader1_title = | leader1_name = | leader2_title = | leader2_name = | leader3_title = | leader3_name = | spokesperson = | spokesman = | headquarters = | area = Indian subcontinent | size = unknown | colours = | partof = | split_from = | merger_of = | predecessor = | successor = | merged_into = | split_to = | allies = | opponents = | crimes = Ashulia Bank Robbery, Killing of Atheist Bloggers | organizations = | website = | designated_as_terror_group_by = * Bangladesh[1]


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Arrests

The following arrests were made of speculated or confirmed ABT members as of 1 June 2015.

  1. Asif Mohiuddin's attempted murder (13 January 2013 attack) – 1 April 2013 arrests.[4]
    • Saad-al-Nahin – 24, student
    • Kawsar Ahmed – 23, hawker
    • Kamal Uddin – 23, carpenter
    • Kamal Hossain – 28, bank security guard
  2. Ahmed Rajib Haider's murder (15 February 2013 attack) – 2 March 2013 arrests of five North South University students[5]
    • Redwanul Azad Rana, 32
    • Faisal bin Nayeem (alias Dwip), 24
    • Maksudul Hassan Anik, 25
    • Ehsan Reza Rumman, 25
    • Naim Sikder Irad, 21
    • Nafis Imtiaz, 24
  3. ABT arrests – 12 August 2013
  4. Ashulia bank robbery – 21 April 2015[6]
    • Al Amin Hossain (21 April 2015 arrest) – A robber caught by the locals
    • Mahfuzul Islam Shamim (30 April 2015 arrest) – The 'operation commander' of the Ashulia bank robbery, an ex-member of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh and confessor of crimes including robbery and murder of a bKash vendor on 10 March 2015
    • Two others killed as a result of mass beating by a mob
  5. Secret meeting attendees at Dhaka – 13 June 2016[7]
    • Md Mozahidul Islam – responsible for recruiting and inviting new members into (ABT), arrested via Detective Branch on a crackdown[8]
    • Md Ariful Islam Solaiman alias Arafat – responsible for recruiting and inviting new members into (ABT), arrested via Detective Branch on a crackdown[8]
  6. Assam Police preliminary investigation tip-off - 24 April 2023[9]
    • Muhammad Shafiqul Islam[10]
    • Muhammad Mojahidul Mandol
    • Muhammad Badshah S5eikh[11]

Sentences

In December 2015 several members of ABT were sentenced for the murder of activist Ahmed Rajib Haider, including:

  • Faisal bin Nayem alias Dweep - sentenced to death
  • Rezwanul Azad Rana - sentenced to death in absentia
  • Jasim Uddin Rahmani - 5 years imprisonment, Taka 2,000 fine
  • Maksudul Hasan - life imprisonment in absentia

Ban

  • Bangladesh The outfit was planned to be banned in 2013 alongside 9 others[12] but the ban on the ABT was not enacted at the time. After a police request for a ban following an investigation report of the bank heist two years later, the Ministry of Home Affairs[13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) Terrorist Group, Islamist Terrorism".
  2. ^ "Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations".
  3. ^ "Two Islamist killers of US blogger escape from Bangladesh court". The Guardian. Reuters. November 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 4-arrested-attempted-murder was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "2 get death; 6 others jailed". January 2016.
  6. ^ "bKash agent hacked to death".
  7. ^ "Police claim arresting two Ansarullah Bangla Team militants from Dhaka". bdnews24.com. June 14, 2016.
  8. ^ a b Rabbi, Arifur Rahman (14 June 2016). "Two Ansarullah men held in Dhaka". Dhaka Tribune.
  9. ^ "Assam: Three alleged members of Ansarullah Bangla Team arrested in Dhubri".
  10. ^ "3 Ansarullah Bangla Team cadres arrested in Assam".
  11. ^ "Assam: Three ABT linked Al Qaida members arrested in Dhubri".
  12. ^ Sarkar, Kailash (August 21, 2013). "Ten Islamist outfits to face ban". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference ABT-ban-dhakatribune was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference ABT-ban-prothomalo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Islam, Rozina (May 22, 2015). "Militant Ansarullah Bangla Team to be banned". Prothom Alo. Transcom Group. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
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