Staff Reporter :
Khadiza, sister of Gulshan café attack coordinator slain Nurul Islam Marjan, along with her three children surrendered to police from the suspected militant den in Ghop Central Road area of Jessore district town on Monday afternoon.
Around 16 hours after police cordoned off the four-storey building, she surrendered before police when her parents reached the house from Pabna district around 3:00pm.
Earlier, Khadiza gave the condition to police that she would surrender in presence of her parents.
Khadiza and her children have been taken to police custody for interrogation.
Ekramul Habib, Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Khulna Range, said this at a press briefing in front of the suspected militant den around 5:10pm yesterday.
“We have primarily declared the conclusion of ‘Operation Melt a Ice’ as bombs disposal unit recovered three suicide vests from inside the room on the second floor of the building. They have found a number of maps from the den. These maps might have been made for another attack,” the police official said.
“A team of Jessore police along with some members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit cordoned off the house suspecting presence of Marzan’s sister about 11:00pm on Saturday. But a team of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) began the operation around 10:15am on Monday,” said Anisur Rahman, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jessore district.
Earlier, a police official informed that a tip indicated Khaliza, her husband Mashiur Rahman, an accomplice of neo-JMB leader Marjan, is currently residing at a flat in the building.
“Khadiza was staying at the second floor of the building. The law enforcers asked Khadiza to surrender from the den. They made the call over a loud speaker. Khadiza did not responsd till 11:300am. Later, she responded and gave the condition of the arrival of her parents,” the police official said.
Residents of the other five flats in the four-storey building had previously been evacuated, he said.
Earlier in the day, the SP claimed, one to two women along with at least one child are suspected to be inside the house and they were being urged to surrender since last night.
There were five families in the building. All the families were shifted from there safely. Marjan’s sister Khadiza along with several children used to live on the second floor of the building, according to him.
We have blocked the access road to the building and have barred the media and locals from entering the area on safety ground, he added.
A bomb disposal unit entered the building soon after the law enforcers took Khadiza, her children and parents with them, said Ajmal Huda, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jessore Sadar Police Station.
However, no explosive was found inside the house till the last report, the OC said.
Local sources said, the house owned by Jessore Zilla School teacher Haider Ali, who lives with his family in the school’s staff quarter.
Haider Ali said, he heard from a relative around 4:30am on Monday that police had surrounded the building suspecting militant den. He went to the scene but was not allowed to pass the security cordon.
The house owner claimed that he rented a flat on the west side in the second floor to a man named Mashiur Rahman about a year ago. He worked at a herbal company. He lives in the flat with his wife and two children.
Khadiza, sister of Gulshan café attack coordinator slain Nurul Islam Marjan, along with her three children surrendered to police from the suspected militant den in Ghop Central Road area of Jessore district town on Monday afternoon.
Around 16 hours after police cordoned off the four-storey building, she surrendered before police when her parents reached the house from Pabna district around 3:00pm.
Earlier, Khadiza gave the condition to police that she would surrender in presence of her parents.
Khadiza and her children have been taken to police custody for interrogation.
Ekramul Habib, Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Khulna Range, said this at a press briefing in front of the suspected militant den around 5:10pm yesterday.
“We have primarily declared the conclusion of ‘Operation Melt a Ice’ as bombs disposal unit recovered three suicide vests from inside the room on the second floor of the building. They have found a number of maps from the den. These maps might have been made for another attack,” the police official said.
“A team of Jessore police along with some members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit cordoned off the house suspecting presence of Marzan’s sister about 11:00pm on Saturday. But a team of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) began the operation around 10:15am on Monday,” said Anisur Rahman, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jessore district.
Earlier, a police official informed that a tip indicated Khaliza, her husband Mashiur Rahman, an accomplice of neo-JMB leader Marjan, is currently residing at a flat in the building.
“Khadiza was staying at the second floor of the building. The law enforcers asked Khadiza to surrender from the den. They made the call over a loud speaker. Khadiza did not responsd till 11:300am. Later, she responded and gave the condition of the arrival of her parents,” the police official said.
Residents of the other five flats in the four-storey building had previously been evacuated, he said.
Earlier in the day, the SP claimed, one to two women along with at least one child are suspected to be inside the house and they were being urged to surrender since last night.
There were five families in the building. All the families were shifted from there safely. Marjan’s sister Khadiza along with several children used to live on the second floor of the building, according to him.
We have blocked the access road to the building and have barred the media and locals from entering the area on safety ground, he added.
A bomb disposal unit entered the building soon after the law enforcers took Khadiza, her children and parents with them, said Ajmal Huda, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jessore Sadar Police Station.
However, no explosive was found inside the house till the last report, the OC said.
Local sources said, the house owned by Jessore Zilla School teacher Haider Ali, who lives with his family in the school’s staff quarter.
Haider Ali said, he heard from a relative around 4:30am on Monday that police had surrounded the building suspecting militant den. He went to the scene but was not allowed to pass the security cordon.
The house owner claimed that he rented a flat on the west side in the second floor to a man named Mashiur Rahman about a year ago. He worked at a herbal company. He lives in the flat with his wife and two children.
