The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Police arrested Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) ameer ‘chief’, Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman from his home in Bashundhara area of Dhaka city, for what officers said was his direct link to a militant organisation, The Daily Star reports on December 14. Shafiqur has links to a newly formed militant outfit named Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, said CTTC Chief Mohammad Asaduzzaman. Shafiqur's son Rafat Chowdhury, currently in jail, travelled to the hill tracts with 11 others to receive training on arms from Kuki-Chin National Front, he said, adding that Shafiqur paid for the trip. Rafat and his associates held meetings at Shafiqur's house in Sylhet and conducted "recruitment activities" for the militant outfit. Before joining the new outfit Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, Rafat was an active operative of militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, said CTTC Chief.