Bangladesh seeks info on worker held in Singapore


Ahmed Faysal was arrested under the Internal Security Act in Singapore in November. - MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

NEW DELHI (The Straits Times/ANN): Bangladeshi authorities are trying to gather more information about Ahmed Faysal, the 26-year-old construction worker who was arrested under the Internal Security Act in Singapore earlier this month for his alleged involvement in terrorism-related activities.

An official from the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police told The Straits Times on the phone that a man named "Faysal" had cropped up in their investigations recently.

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