Staff Reporter :Neo JMB military commander Murad, who was killed during a raid in city’s Rupnagar area on Friday night, was hit by nine bullets, revealed an autopsy report on Saturday morning.Assistant Professor at Forensic and Medical Department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Sohel Mahmud told journalists, “Three bullets had hit his head and the six other bullets hit in the chest, waist and legs.”Additional Inspector General of Police Md Mokhlesur Rahman said that Murad had also used aliases ‘Jahangir’, ‘Omar’ and ‘Major Murad’. “Murad, aged between 45 and 50, was carrying a knife and a pistol during the raid on Friday night. He used both of the arms,” he said. DB Joint Commissioner Abdul Baten said, Murad was the ‘second-in-command’ to top Neo-JMB leader and the July 1 Gulshan café attack ‘plotter’ Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury. Tamim and two other suspected militants were gunned down on August 27, when police raided a house in Narayanganj, Baten said. “Murad also stabbed police officers when they entered his Rupnagar rented house in the night. He died after being hit by a bullet during a scuffle that ensued when he tried to flee,” the Joint Commissioner said.Syed Shaheed Alam, OC of Rupnagar Police Station, Inspector Shaheen Fakir and Sub-Inspector Md Momenur Rahman were also injured during the raid, Baten said.Dr Jesmine Nahar of DMCH said, Shaheed sustained injuries from a sharp weapon in his waist while Shaheen in his left shoulder and head.Shaheen also received wound in his right leg, which appears a bullet injury,’ she said.
