Law enforcers in Chittagong are looking for a woman beggar, suspected to be involved in the Chittagong Railway Station bombing, and two Hizbut Tahrir members arrested on Wednesday in Dhaka were placed on a seven-day remand.

Meanwhile, law enforcers are on high alert in Bogra following information that an Islamist militant attack may be on the cards.

The investigators of the railway station blasts could not make any headway to unearth whether any new militant organisation or Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and their like-minded outfits were behind the explosions that left a rickshaw-puller wounded.

"We are working on it seriously taking everything into our consideration and it is not possible to say anything before the investigation completes," Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Hassan Mahmood Khandkar told The Daily Star yesterday.

Sources said the investigators are also trying to find out if any militant organisation in the country or outside has the record to circulate its identity as the new outfit Zadid al Qaeda did through inscription on aluminium plates.

Besides interrogating militant leaders already detained, the investigators are focusing the probe on organisations that are against the Ahmadiyyas and NGOs. They have not also ruled out the possibility of the incident being sabotage, the sources added.

Intelligence sources said they recently had information that a new militant organisation will be floated soon and it will announce its presence by distributing leaflets in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Bogra regions. But the intelligence officials did not think that the militant outfit will circulate its identity through bomb blasts.

CHITTAGONG
Our Chittagong correspondent reports: The law enforcement agencies were looking for the woman beggar who gave the bag containing the bomb to the rickshaw-puller minutes before it went off.

They hoped that some clue might be known if she was found.

The suspected woman beggar, who went missing since the blast, might provide some clue although we are not sure of that, said Abu Bakar Siddique, assistant commissioner (Kotwali zone) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP).

The police on Wednesday night and yesterday raided different slums and railway stations in search of the woman and other suspects.

Meanwhile, the CMP has put five cops on guard in front of the Ahmadiyya mosque in the city's Chawk Bazar area since yesterday morning.

District Superintendent of Police Quamrul Ahsan on Wednesday night held a meeting at his office with representatives from different NGOs and assured them of assistance regarding their security.

TWO SUSPECTS REMANDED
Two Hizbut Tahrir members, who were caught from Sontek of Jatrabari in the capital on Wednesday, were taken on a seven-day remand yesterday for interrogation, reports out court correspondent.

Investigation officer (IO) of the case Sub-Inspector Abdul Aziz of Jatrabari Police Station produced arrested Hizbut Tahrir member Golam Azam and worker Mozammel Hossain before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka with a prayer for seven days' remand for each.

The IO in his forwarding report said the arrestees are active members of Hizbut Tahrir and they might be involved in Tuesday's bomb blasts. If they are questioned, important information about the blast could be revealed, he said.

Our correspondent in Khulna adds: Superintendent of Police in Khulna Belalur Rahman held a views-exchange meeting with 120 NGO officials of nine upazilas of the district at his office yesterday. The NGO officials expressed their anxiety at the militant outfit's threat.

Members of the Ahmadiyya community in Khulna also expressed concerns at the threat and requested the government to arrange adequate security for them.

HIGH ALERT IN BOGRA
Law enforcers in Bogra are on a 24-hour high alert since 10:00pm yesterday following secret information that Islamist militants may carryout attacks in the district, our staff correspondent in Bogra reports.

As part of the security measures, police were seen checking vehicles on streets of Bogra last night. Besides, police were posted in Qadiani Mosques, temples, public places and other important places to avert any possible attack, police sources said.

Sources said that a three-member Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) team entered the district town last night on a recce of their possible targets of attack. They also said that members of the law enforcing agencies particularly the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and judges might be possible targets of attack.

NGO WORKERS BRIEFED IN MAGURA
Meanwhile, police high-ups of Magura yesterday held a meeting with the representatives of 37 NGOs working in the district to create awareness about the security of NGO staffers.

District Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Muslim and Addition SP Abdur Razzak briefed the NGO officials on security and distributed leaflets about ways to avert militant attacks, says a press release.