Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
The investigators claimed to have completed about 70 per cent of the investigation into the sensational attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in the city’s Gulshan on July 1, which cost lives of 22 people, most of whom were foreigners.
Police were supposed to submit the full probe report of the case by August 24 as per the directive of a Dhaka Court. But that had not been possible. The deadly incident, meanwhile, passed three months on Saturday.
“We have already completed 70 per cent of the investigation into the case in three months. We hope to submit the full investigation report soon,” Muhibul Islam Khan, Deputy Commissioner of the Counter Terrorism and Transitional Crime unit (CTTC) told it to The New Nation yesterday.
Investigators have, by this time, identified all the masterminds and financiers behind the attack.
The militants, who carried out the attack, were imparted training in Jhenaidah, Gaibandha, and city’s Kallyanpur and Bashundhara residential area respectively on how to operate AK-22 and other fire arms and explosive equipments, according to Muhibul.
The Neo-JMB men are now on the run to avert the arrest following the law-enforcers’ massive raids in the city’s Kallyanpur, Rupnagar and Azimpur.
Sources in the CTTC said, the final charge sheet is likely to be submitted in the court next year.
The investigators have repeatedly demanded four more months for completing the final investigation.
Police also unveiled the motive of the attack at Gulshan, the city’s diplomatic zone Gulshan, targeting the foreigners. The criminals wanted to create panic across the country, CTTC another said.
The money and the arms suppliers have also been identified. But they are on the run to prevent the arrest, they said.
The six militants, who attacked the café, were also killed in an army led joint raid into the café the following morning. Some of their cohorts were also killed in the other parts of the city and the country afterwards, according to sources.
Five Gulshan attack planners namely Nurul Islam Marzan, Razib Gandhi alias Subhas alias Jahangir, Basharullah alias Abul Bashar alias Chocklet, Ripon and Khalid had gun into hiding. Even Khalid and Ripon are believed to have fled to India after the attack, they further said.
Police are now certain that the money used to finance the deadly terror attacks in Gulshan of Dhaka and Sholakia of Kishoreganj came from the Middle East, said Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam, Chief of the CTTC unit.
Monirul Islam said that just one hundi (money laundering) amounting to Tk14 lakh was used in financing the attacks.
Besides, Tanveer Quaderi, who committed suicide to avoid arrest during the Azimpur raid, allegedly had a flat at Uttara. He sold it to finance militancy.
About 20 hostages, including 17 foreign nationals, were killed by militants, while five militants and one suspected accomplice of the attackers were killed during a commando operation inside the café. Two police officials too were killed.
The investigators claimed to have completed about 70 per cent of the investigation into the sensational attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in the city’s Gulshan on July 1, which cost lives of 22 people, most of whom were foreigners.
Police were supposed to submit the full probe report of the case by August 24 as per the directive of a Dhaka Court. But that had not been possible. The deadly incident, meanwhile, passed three months on Saturday.
“We have already completed 70 per cent of the investigation into the case in three months. We hope to submit the full investigation report soon,” Muhibul Islam Khan, Deputy Commissioner of the Counter Terrorism and Transitional Crime unit (CTTC) told it to The New Nation yesterday.
Investigators have, by this time, identified all the masterminds and financiers behind the attack.
The militants, who carried out the attack, were imparted training in Jhenaidah, Gaibandha, and city’s Kallyanpur and Bashundhara residential area respectively on how to operate AK-22 and other fire arms and explosive equipments, according to Muhibul.
The Neo-JMB men are now on the run to avert the arrest following the law-enforcers’ massive raids in the city’s Kallyanpur, Rupnagar and Azimpur.
Sources in the CTTC said, the final charge sheet is likely to be submitted in the court next year.
The investigators have repeatedly demanded four more months for completing the final investigation.
Police also unveiled the motive of the attack at Gulshan, the city’s diplomatic zone Gulshan, targeting the foreigners. The criminals wanted to create panic across the country, CTTC another said.
The money and the arms suppliers have also been identified. But they are on the run to prevent the arrest, they said.
The six militants, who attacked the café, were also killed in an army led joint raid into the café the following morning. Some of their cohorts were also killed in the other parts of the city and the country afterwards, according to sources.
Five Gulshan attack planners namely Nurul Islam Marzan, Razib Gandhi alias Subhas alias Jahangir, Basharullah alias Abul Bashar alias Chocklet, Ripon and Khalid had gun into hiding. Even Khalid and Ripon are believed to have fled to India after the attack, they further said.
Police are now certain that the money used to finance the deadly terror attacks in Gulshan of Dhaka and Sholakia of Kishoreganj came from the Middle East, said Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam, Chief of the CTTC unit.
Monirul Islam said that just one hundi (money laundering) amounting to Tk14 lakh was used in financing the attacks.
Besides, Tanveer Quaderi, who committed suicide to avoid arrest during the Azimpur raid, allegedly had a flat at Uttara. He sold it to finance militancy.
About 20 hostages, including 17 foreign nationals, were killed by militants, while five militants and one suspected accomplice of the attackers were killed during a commando operation inside the café. Two police officials too were killed.
