Staff Reporter :A team of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Unit (CTTU) of Police have arrested a landlord from the city’s Shewrapara area on charge of not preserving necessary documents of his tenants believed to be accomplices of the Holey Artisan Bakery attackers.Md Nurul Islam was arrested from his house 441/8, West Shewrapara early Sunday, said Masudur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).He said that Nurul Islam did not collect documents from his tenants and even he tried to hide the information.They also seized a hand grenade, black uniform used by the terrorists and some other materials from the house, the DC said. This is the second time a landlord has been held on the charge of hiding tenant information after Dhaka police introduced the mandatory provision in February, he said.Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Tosruzzaman placed Nurul Islam on eight-day remand. Earlier on Saturday, police arrested three persons, including North South University’s (NSU) acting pro-VC Dr Gias Uddin Ahsan, for renting out a flat to the attackers of Holey Artisan Bakery.The others are Alam Chowdhury, nephew of Gias Uddin Ahsan, and manager of the building Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin.On July 1, gunmen stormed a Gulshan cafe and took its guests and employees hostage. Twenty bodies, including nine Italians and seven Japanese nationals, were recovered from the crime spot the following day.On February 29, the DMP asked the house-owners of the city to submit personal information on tenants along with other information to the local police by March 15.
