Staff Reporter :
They were seen in a video footage, wearing pajama-panjabi-cap, pistols in their right hands while one was carrying bomb and another a machete in their hands. Both were running for escape after attacking a police check post at Sholakia on Eid day.
The picture was shot from a close-circuit-camera installed at a building adjacent to Azimuddin High School near Sholakia Eidgah at 8:43 am. Several panic stricken people, including women and children, were also seen running for a safe place in the video, which is now viral in the facebook.
Another video footage shows that police and
attackers were trading fire. A panjabi-pajama wearing police officer was shooting marking the militants taking cover beside a wall. At that time, bullets were also fired from opposite side.
Inspector [Investigation] of Sadar Model Police Station Morshed Jamil said: “There were two attackers. One was wearing Firoza Colour pajama-panjabi and another clothed off-white pajama-panjabi. They were young boys.”
Elaborating the attack, he said, “After attacking check post, they started firing at police taking position in the nearby houses. Police also answered with gunshots. They didn’t want to escape the scene after the attack. One attacker was shot dead. And another was caught with bullet wounds.” The bullet injured detainee of Sholakia terror attack Shafiul Islam, who went missing two and a half years ago, has been identified as a resident of Devipur village under Ghoraghat Upazila in the district of Dinajpur. Members of Rapid Action Battalion [RAB] arrested Shafiul, also known as Abu Mokaddel alias Sohan. He was at first admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, sources said. His father electrician Abdul Hai Pradhan, a Jamaat activist and also an accused of sabotage case with the local police station of 10th parliamentary polls, reportedly fled away from the house along with other family members soon after the news of Shafiul’s arrest spread. Police said Shafiul went missing after passing Dhakhil examination from Bijul Darul Huda Kamil Madrassa under Birampur upazila. To extract detail information, the police have arrested his cousin Enamul Haque. Officer-in-Charge of Ghoraghat Police Station Nuruzzaman Chowdhury said: “Father of Shafiul is involved in Jamaat politics. He had been missing since passing Dakhil examination. Shafiul’s mother and sister also have fled away after his arrest.” The OC, however, is yet not sure whether Shafiul’s father filed any GD after his missing two and a half years ago.
During questioning by the security officials, Shafiul said that he took part in Sholakia attack getting instruction from his ‘ustad.’ On the other hand, the assailant gunned on the spot has been identified as Abir Rahman, a fourth-year business student of North South University in Dhaka. He went missing since March. According to police, there was a specially made pocket in his trouser to keep machete.
But confusion arose when father of Abir filed a general diary with Bhatara Police Station in the capital on July 6 with a photo of his son.
Sub-Inspector Shafiqul Islam of Kishoreganj Police Station said they matched the photo with the attacker to confirm his identity. “His family lives in Bashundhara. Abir died during the gun battle with police on Thursday. His father filed the diary on July 6,” he said.
They were seen in a video footage, wearing pajama-panjabi-cap, pistols in their right hands while one was carrying bomb and another a machete in their hands. Both were running for escape after attacking a police check post at Sholakia on Eid day.
The picture was shot from a close-circuit-camera installed at a building adjacent to Azimuddin High School near Sholakia Eidgah at 8:43 am. Several panic stricken people, including women and children, were also seen running for a safe place in the video, which is now viral in the facebook.
Another video footage shows that police and
attackers were trading fire. A panjabi-pajama wearing police officer was shooting marking the militants taking cover beside a wall. At that time, bullets were also fired from opposite side.
Inspector [Investigation] of Sadar Model Police Station Morshed Jamil said: “There were two attackers. One was wearing Firoza Colour pajama-panjabi and another clothed off-white pajama-panjabi. They were young boys.”
Elaborating the attack, he said, “After attacking check post, they started firing at police taking position in the nearby houses. Police also answered with gunshots. They didn’t want to escape the scene after the attack. One attacker was shot dead. And another was caught with bullet wounds.” The bullet injured detainee of Sholakia terror attack Shafiul Islam, who went missing two and a half years ago, has been identified as a resident of Devipur village under Ghoraghat Upazila in the district of Dinajpur. Members of Rapid Action Battalion [RAB] arrested Shafiul, also known as Abu Mokaddel alias Sohan. He was at first admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, sources said. His father electrician Abdul Hai Pradhan, a Jamaat activist and also an accused of sabotage case with the local police station of 10th parliamentary polls, reportedly fled away from the house along with other family members soon after the news of Shafiul’s arrest spread. Police said Shafiul went missing after passing Dhakhil examination from Bijul Darul Huda Kamil Madrassa under Birampur upazila. To extract detail information, the police have arrested his cousin Enamul Haque. Officer-in-Charge of Ghoraghat Police Station Nuruzzaman Chowdhury said: “Father of Shafiul is involved in Jamaat politics. He had been missing since passing Dakhil examination. Shafiul’s mother and sister also have fled away after his arrest.” The OC, however, is yet not sure whether Shafiul’s father filed any GD after his missing two and a half years ago.
During questioning by the security officials, Shafiul said that he took part in Sholakia attack getting instruction from his ‘ustad.’ On the other hand, the assailant gunned on the spot has been identified as Abir Rahman, a fourth-year business student of North South University in Dhaka. He went missing since March. According to police, there was a specially made pocket in his trouser to keep machete.
But confusion arose when father of Abir filed a general diary with Bhatara Police Station in the capital on July 6 with a photo of his son.
Sub-Inspector Shafiqul Islam of Kishoreganj Police Station said they matched the photo with the attacker to confirm his identity. “His family lives in Bashundhara. Abir died during the gun battle with police on Thursday. His father filed the diary on July 6,” he said.
