So-called military chief of Imam Mahdi held
Staff Correspondent
Police detained a man, who claimed himself as the military chief of Imam Mahdi, raiding his rented house at Ganderia in the capital's Sutrapur after midnight last night. His nine followers were also arrested during the raid. Sutrapur police said they recovered a huge quantity of books written on Imam Mahdi, the spiritual leader who, according to Muslims, will be sent by Allah to bring back justice and fairness, The so-called military chief of Imam Mahdi was identified as Luthfor Rahman Faruq, 55. Identity of the other detainees could not be known immediately. "We have detained Faruq and his associates as they were giving anti Islamic statements for the last two years" Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Sutrapur Police Station, told The Daily Star. The OC said Faruq admitted that he has more than 300 disciples.
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