Staff Reporter :Gulshan terrorist attack survivor Hasnat Rezaul Karim was named in the case based on information and evidence, Abdul Baten, Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has said.He made the statement while replying to a query of journalists in a press briefing at DMP Media Centre on Sunday afternoon. The Joint Commissioner said, “We arrest people Under Section 54 to interrogate, and name them in the case only after we find information that links him to the incident.”We filed the case against Hasnat only after we got some information and evidence, the detective official said. He has become the first person to be shown arrested in the case of Holey Artisan terror attack in the city’s Gulshan.Hasnat — a Bangladeshi civil engineer with British nationality, was placed on eight-day fresh remand by Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque on Saturday.The former North South University teacher was arrested along with Toronto University student Tahmid Hasib Khan by police on August 3 night Under Section 54. Tahmid is also a survivor of the attack.The two were interrogated eight days starting August 4. Gulshan cafe siege survivor Hasnat Rezaul Karim has been shown arrested on specific evidence. “Former North South University teacher Hasnat has been shown arrested as his link in the Gulshan cafe attack was found. Hasnat was taken to remand to collect more information in this regard. He is being interrogated,” he said.On July 1, five militants stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery and killed 20 hostages. The militants also killed two police officers when they tried to end the standoff.
