Militant outfit leader threatens minorities in Bangladesh

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<strong>Nur Hossain Noorani, leader of the Hefazat-e-Islam militant outfit in Bangladesh, warned that if the country's minority communities conspire against Islam, "we'll catch them like a baby rat".</strong></p>
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Noorani, also the President of Khatme Nabuwyat Andolan, another radical force, made the threat while addressing a Hefazat protest rally in Munsirhat area of Munshiganj Sadar on Friday afternoon.<br />
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"From now on, we will have our own intelligence wing," he said.<br />
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"If the minorities of the country, the Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, conspire against Islam, we'll catch them like a baby rat."<br />
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He also threatened Chhatra League leader Apan Das, nephew of Munshiganj-3 constituency MP Mrinal Kanti Das, who took out an anti-Hefazat procession in Munshiganj.<br />
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"Apan Das, the nephew of Mrinal Kanti Das,I challenge him he goes too far, he will not be allowed to enter Munshiganj," Noorani said.<br />
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Munshiganj District Regional Board of Education Assistant Director Hossain Mohammad Ishaqi and Hefazat-e-Islam Sadar Upazila President Siddiqur Rahman also spoke at the protest rally.</p>
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<em>(IANS)</em></p>