Sagar Biswas :
The regular presence of Tamim Chowdhury at Kalyanpur militant’s den proves that the intelligence agencies have apparently failed to track down the high-profile militant leader, who is believed to be the ‘mastermind’ of Gulshan terror attack.
Questions have been raised among the concerned circle how Tamim Chowdhury is moving so frequently around the city, and working closely in regrouping the militants dodging the surveillance of law enforcement and other security agencies?
It is also a million dollar question how Tamim, also a Canadian citizen, has been staying in Bangladesh for last two years reportedly without interruption of law enforcement agencies?
The stunning news over Tamim’s presence at Kalaynpur was revealed by chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes Unit [CTTCU] Monirul Islam on Thursday. Quoting confessional statement of detained Rakibul Hassan Regan [caught alive at Kalyanpur], the CTTCU chief said Tamim used to pay visit to Kalyanpur den regularly.
Leader of a faction of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahedin Bangladesh [JMB], Tamim Chowdhury is now conducting terror acts in Bangladesh being inspired by global terrorist organization Islamic State [IS], intelligence sources said.
He returned to Bangladesh about two years ago and coordinating terror attacks taking shelter at a secret place, the sources said, quoting Canadian daily newspaper National Post.
It is worth to mention that, the English-language magazine from Islamic State Dabiq had described Tamim Chowdhury as Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif — the “Amir of the Khilafah’s Soldiers in Bangladesh”. In an interview published in the 14th issue of Dabiq, al-Hanif said that IS wants to set up a stronghold in Bangladesh for ‘strategic reason’.
He [al-Hanif] declared that the emergence of ISIS in Bangladesh has ‘terrified the kuffar [unbelievers], the atheists [disbeliever of the existence of God] and secularists [who want strict separation of the state from religious institutions] who mock Islam and our beloved Prophet [PBUH]’.
Strangely, the authorities of Bangladesh have yet not admitted the existence of IS, though the militant outfit claimed responsibility of several terror attacks, including back-to-back Gulshan and Sholakia.
Not only that, the security forces have also no idea about the actual number of IS operatives in Bangladesh.
Concerned circles apprehended that the Islamist militants, under the banner of IS, have been trying to turn Bangladesh into a foothold for their expansion, as extremist attacks have ramped up in the country in the recent days.
n Photo of Tahmid Hasib Khan was mistakenly printed on Thursday’s issue. Actually, Tahmid, a 22-year-old Bangladeshi origin Canadian resident, has been in police custody ever since he survived the deadly 1 July hostage-taking at Holey Artisan Bakery in the city’s Gulshan diplomatic enclave. We regret for the inconvenience.
The regular presence of Tamim Chowdhury at Kalyanpur militant’s den proves that the intelligence agencies have apparently failed to track down the high-profile militant leader, who is believed to be the ‘mastermind’ of Gulshan terror attack.
Questions have been raised among the concerned circle how Tamim Chowdhury is moving so frequently around the city, and working closely in regrouping the militants dodging the surveillance of law enforcement and other security agencies?
It is also a million dollar question how Tamim, also a Canadian citizen, has been staying in Bangladesh for last two years reportedly without interruption of law enforcement agencies?
The stunning news over Tamim’s presence at Kalaynpur was revealed by chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes Unit [CTTCU] Monirul Islam on Thursday. Quoting confessional statement of detained Rakibul Hassan Regan [caught alive at Kalyanpur], the CTTCU chief said Tamim used to pay visit to Kalyanpur den regularly.
Leader of a faction of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahedin Bangladesh [JMB], Tamim Chowdhury is now conducting terror acts in Bangladesh being inspired by global terrorist organization Islamic State [IS], intelligence sources said.
He returned to Bangladesh about two years ago and coordinating terror attacks taking shelter at a secret place, the sources said, quoting Canadian daily newspaper National Post.
It is worth to mention that, the English-language magazine from Islamic State Dabiq had described Tamim Chowdhury as Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif — the “Amir of the Khilafah’s Soldiers in Bangladesh”. In an interview published in the 14th issue of Dabiq, al-Hanif said that IS wants to set up a stronghold in Bangladesh for ‘strategic reason’.
He [al-Hanif] declared that the emergence of ISIS in Bangladesh has ‘terrified the kuffar [unbelievers], the atheists [disbeliever of the existence of God] and secularists [who want strict separation of the state from religious institutions] who mock Islam and our beloved Prophet [PBUH]’.
Strangely, the authorities of Bangladesh have yet not admitted the existence of IS, though the militant outfit claimed responsibility of several terror attacks, including back-to-back Gulshan and Sholakia.
Not only that, the security forces have also no idea about the actual number of IS operatives in Bangladesh.
Concerned circles apprehended that the Islamist militants, under the banner of IS, have been trying to turn Bangladesh into a foothold for their expansion, as extremist attacks have ramped up in the country in the recent days.
n Photo of Tahmid Hasib Khan was mistakenly printed on Thursday’s issue. Actually, Tahmid, a 22-year-old Bangladeshi origin Canadian resident, has been in police custody ever since he survived the deadly 1 July hostage-taking at Holey Artisan Bakery in the city’s Gulshan diplomatic enclave. We regret for the inconvenience.
