Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature of incident
|
January 28
|
Chuadanga District
|
RAB arrested two suspected HuJI-B militants
in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga District. The arrested were
identified as Abdullah Al Mamun and Rakibul Islam. RAB recovered
many militancy related booklets and bomb-making materials from
their possession.
|
Non-violent
|
February 23 |
Dhaka city |
HuJI-B chief Mufti Abdul Hannan filed a petition
with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgment that upheld
his death penalty in a case filed for the 2004 grenade attack
on the then UK envoy in Bangladesh.
|
Non-violent |
March 5 |
Kushtia District |
Morshed Sharif Hasan (46), an organizer of HuJI-B
was surrendered to RAB in Kushtia District. RAB said that Morshed
had been working with HuJI-B since 2015.
|
Non-violent |
March 6 |
Gazipur District |
Two crude bombs were hurled at a prison van carrying
HuJI-B chief Mufti Hannan and some of his associates at Tongi
towns in Gazipur District. No one was injured in the incident.
Police recovered two patrol bombs, two sound grenades, two crude
bombs and two machetes.
|
Violent |
March 16 |
Brahmanbaria District |
Tajul Islam Mahmud alias Mama Hujur (46),
'regional commander' of HuJI-B was killed during a gunfight with
Police in Kuti Chowmuhani area of Brahmanbaria District. Three
Policemen were also injured in the incident. Police recovered
25 improvised bombs, five pipe guns, four bullets and five locally
made sharp weapons from the spot.
|
Violent |
March 16 |
Mymensingh District |
A militant of HuJI-B was arrested from Kathgola
area in Mymensingh District. The arrestee was identified as Abu
Farha Humman (37) charged with cases of terrorism with Police
in both Mymensingh and Chittagong Districts.
|
Non-violent |
March 19 |
Dhaka city |
SC upheld death penalty on HuJI-B leader Mufti
Hannan and two others for attempting to kill British envoy to
Bangladesh in 2004. The other two death row convicts are Shahedul
Alam alias Bipul and Delowar Hossain alias Ripon.
|
Non-violent |
March 27 |
Dhaka city |
HuJI-B 'Chief' Mufti Abdul Hannan and his two
associates - Delwar Alias Ripon and Sharif Shahedul Alam alias
Bipul - who were condemned to death in a case filed over the grenade
attack on ex-British envoy Anwar Choudhury in 2004 filed petitions
seeking Presidential clemency.
|
Non-violent |
April 8 |
Dhaka city |
President rejected the mercy petitions HuJI-B's
chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and his two associates, clearing the
way for their executions any time for murdering three persons
and leaving former UK High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury injured
by throwing bombs in 2004.
|
Non-violent |
April 12 |
Gazipur District |
HuJI-B's Chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and his associate
Sharif Shahedul Alam alias Bipul were hanged at Kashimpur
Central Jail in Gazipur District for their grenade attack on former
British envoy Anwar Choudhury in Sylhet District in 2004.
|
Violent |
April 12 |
Sylhet District |
HuJI-B Chief Mufti Abdul Hannan's associate Delwar
alias Ripon was hanged at Sylhet Central Jail 12 for grenade
attack on former British envoy Anwar Choudhury in Sylhet District
in 2004.
|
Violent |
April 23 |
Noakhali District
|
In Noakhali District, Police arrested nine cadres
of ICS for terrorist activities.
|
Non-violent |
April 29 |
Jhenaidah District
|
RAB arrested the Jhenaidah District unit 'military
commander' of HuJI-B from Hathgopalpur village. The arrestee is
Abdul Alim (50), a close aide of Mufti Hannan, the chief of HuJI-B
hanged recently. The accused admitted planning sabotage in Chuadanga,
Meherpur and Jhenaidah Districts, RAB said.
|
Non-violent |
June 4 |
Chittagong District
|
A Chittagong Court indicted five militants of
HuJI-B who were arrested from the port city's Colonel Hat area
in December 2016. The five are Tazul Islam, Nazim Uddin, Abu Jar
Gifari, Nure Alam and Iftisham Ahmed. The court fixed July 25
for recording testimonies.
|
Non-violent |
August 20 |
Dhaka city |
10 leaders and cadres of HUJI-B were awarded death
penalty for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
by planting a bomb weighing 76kg in Gopalganj District in July
2000.
|
Non-violent |