Staff Reporter :
The suspected militant, who committed suicide by slitting his throat during the raid at Azaimpur, has been identified as Abdul Karim alias Shamshed from Rajshahi. He also rented a flat for the Holey Artisan attackers in the capital, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to the reporters.
Md Yusuf Ali, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of DMP said, “The documents we recognized from their house revealed that the real name of the alleged militant killed on the Saturday raid was Shamshed Hossain.”
Meanwhile, the Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) confirmed the identity of the suspected militant who died during the raid at Azimpur.
Sohel Mahmud, Assistant Professor of the Forensic and Medicine Department of DMCH told media after autopsy on Sunday afternoon that the deceased Shamshed Hossain committed suicide by slitting his throat during the raid on Saturday.
“There were three inches deep and one and half inches long stabbed marks in his throat. The stabbed mark showed that he had been killed by a sharp weapon,” the physician said.
Besides, there were four stab marks in chest and one in his back. He had explosive mark in his right hand. The Medical College collected samples for viscera, blood, urine and DNA test. They are also examining if the suspect took any drugs or energy enhancing materials before his death.
Police on Saturday raided a house on 209/5 Pilkhana Road. During the raid, one suspected militant died and three other female militants were injured. Five police members also received injuries at the drive.
The injured law enforcement members were Mahtab, Jahiruddin, Lablu, Ram Chandra Biswas and Shajahan Ali. They were admitted to DMCH, said DMP sources.
During the raid, the militants tried to commit suicide by detonating grenade, said police. The militant was killed and his three female accomplices were injured.
One of the women was likely to be the wife of Major (retd) Jahidul Islam, who was killed in a police raid on September 2 in the capital’s Rupnagar and who was said to have trained the Gulshan and Sholakia attackers, Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque told reporters after the incident.
