Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
Many ‘gurus’ (masterminds) behind the terror attacks at different places of the country including most dreadful carnage in city’s Gulshan Café still remain untraced.
The militant outfit new Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (new-JMB) carried out attacks in city’s Gulshan Café and different places in the country killing free thinkers, teachers, priests, police officials and foreigners.
“At least 25 to 30 masterminds were involved in the terror attacks. Of them four masterminds were killed during police raids in capital
Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Gaibandha districts. But most of them still remain untraced,” an official of police headquarters preferring not to be named told The New Nation.
However, Home Minister, Inspector General of Police and several intelligence officials claimed that the masterminds have already been identified and many of them were killed during law enforcers’ raids.
All the militant outfit masterminds have already been brought under the surveillance, thy claimed.
The terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital’s Gulshan Diplomatic enclave left 29 people mostly foreigners killed, including two police officials on July 1 this year.
As a few number of militants surrendered to the law enforcers and some other missing youths returned to their families, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the era of militant outfit ended.
On August 28, the ‘mastermind’ of the Gulshan café attack, Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, and two other militants, Iqbal and Manik were killed in Narayanganj.
“At least five masterminds, including Tamim Chowdhury and Iqbal, were killed in different raids and rest of the organizers still traceless,” DMP sources said.
We have primarily suspected that the all mastermind militants will have arrested in ongoing raids, they said.
Meanwhile, Shafiul Islam Don was arrested during Sholakia attack and killed in gunfight with RAB in Mymensingh, and Rakibul Hasan Regan was arrested in Kallyanpur raid.
The listed militants Nurul Islam alias Marzan, Asim Azwad Abdullah alias Asif, Abu Yusuf Mohammad alias Bangalee, Abul Kashem alias Boro Hujur, Razib Gandhi alias Shubhash alias Jahangir, Mamunur Rashis alias Ripon, Shariful Islam Khalid, Commander Manik, Commander Iqbal, Commander Mamun, Junayed Hasan alias Khan, Shakib alias Master, Mia alias Badal, Sagar alias Bagha, Akash, Azadul alias Kabiraj, and Chocklet are on the run.
According to Indian National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Talha Sheikh, Kawsar, Nasirullah alias Shahadat alias Sohel Mahfuj alias Bhagne, and Sheikh Rahmat Ullah alias Sazid and Yousuf are the planners of militant activates in Bangladesh. Police have no idea about their whereabouts.
On the other hand, the dens are situated in city’s Rupnagar, Pallabi Sector-14, Mohammadpur’s Nobodoy Housing, Basila, Kamrangir Chor, Badda’s Satarkul Road, DIT Housing, Banasree Residential Area, Jatrabari’s Shahid Faruque Road, Demra’s Sarulia, Tangra, Baro Bhangarpool, Dakkhinkhan’s Sardar Para, Kawla, Uttarkhan’s Mausaid, Old Dhaka’s Nazimuddin Raod, Loharpool, and Chankharpool. But they changed the address after presence of the watch of law enforcing agencies.
Monirul Islam, Chief of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, said that law enforcers have gathered information about 30 militant dens and these were watched of cops.
The militants have no capacity to conduct any attack on new spots as law enforcers are remain on high alert about them, he said.
“We don’t know who are the masterminds behind the Gulshan and others attacks. We are searching for evidence and the possible masterminds of the terror attacks. We are trying to arrest of different militant masterminds,” the CTTC added.
Mohammad Sanwar Hossein, Addional Deputy Commissioner of CTTC, said, “We are confirmed that some masterminds have already been killed in police raids. We are investigating the militants’ strategy and policy that how and in what way they carry out terror activities.”
“Time has not come yet to say the JMB has been destroyed. However, we could say we have the control over the militant operations right now,” the ADC said.
“The youths who went into hiding or went missing are returning,” he said while inaugurating the Fire Service and Civil Defense Week at Mirpur in city.
On October 1, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque said militancy would never get any space in the law enforcers took them under control.
Many ‘gurus’ (masterminds) behind the terror attacks at different places of the country including most dreadful carnage in city’s Gulshan Café still remain untraced.
The militant outfit new Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (new-JMB) carried out attacks in city’s Gulshan Café and different places in the country killing free thinkers, teachers, priests, police officials and foreigners.
“At least 25 to 30 masterminds were involved in the terror attacks. Of them four masterminds were killed during police raids in capital
Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Gaibandha districts. But most of them still remain untraced,” an official of police headquarters preferring not to be named told The New Nation.
However, Home Minister, Inspector General of Police and several intelligence officials claimed that the masterminds have already been identified and many of them were killed during law enforcers’ raids.
All the militant outfit masterminds have already been brought under the surveillance, thy claimed.
The terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital’s Gulshan Diplomatic enclave left 29 people mostly foreigners killed, including two police officials on July 1 this year.
As a few number of militants surrendered to the law enforcers and some other missing youths returned to their families, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the era of militant outfit ended.
On August 28, the ‘mastermind’ of the Gulshan café attack, Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, and two other militants, Iqbal and Manik were killed in Narayanganj.
“At least five masterminds, including Tamim Chowdhury and Iqbal, were killed in different raids and rest of the organizers still traceless,” DMP sources said.
We have primarily suspected that the all mastermind militants will have arrested in ongoing raids, they said.
Meanwhile, Shafiul Islam Don was arrested during Sholakia attack and killed in gunfight with RAB in Mymensingh, and Rakibul Hasan Regan was arrested in Kallyanpur raid.
The listed militants Nurul Islam alias Marzan, Asim Azwad Abdullah alias Asif, Abu Yusuf Mohammad alias Bangalee, Abul Kashem alias Boro Hujur, Razib Gandhi alias Shubhash alias Jahangir, Mamunur Rashis alias Ripon, Shariful Islam Khalid, Commander Manik, Commander Iqbal, Commander Mamun, Junayed Hasan alias Khan, Shakib alias Master, Mia alias Badal, Sagar alias Bagha, Akash, Azadul alias Kabiraj, and Chocklet are on the run.
According to Indian National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Talha Sheikh, Kawsar, Nasirullah alias Shahadat alias Sohel Mahfuj alias Bhagne, and Sheikh Rahmat Ullah alias Sazid and Yousuf are the planners of militant activates in Bangladesh. Police have no idea about their whereabouts.
On the other hand, the dens are situated in city’s Rupnagar, Pallabi Sector-14, Mohammadpur’s Nobodoy Housing, Basila, Kamrangir Chor, Badda’s Satarkul Road, DIT Housing, Banasree Residential Area, Jatrabari’s Shahid Faruque Road, Demra’s Sarulia, Tangra, Baro Bhangarpool, Dakkhinkhan’s Sardar Para, Kawla, Uttarkhan’s Mausaid, Old Dhaka’s Nazimuddin Raod, Loharpool, and Chankharpool. But they changed the address after presence of the watch of law enforcing agencies.
Monirul Islam, Chief of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, said that law enforcers have gathered information about 30 militant dens and these were watched of cops.
The militants have no capacity to conduct any attack on new spots as law enforcers are remain on high alert about them, he said.
“We don’t know who are the masterminds behind the Gulshan and others attacks. We are searching for evidence and the possible masterminds of the terror attacks. We are trying to arrest of different militant masterminds,” the CTTC added.
Mohammad Sanwar Hossein, Addional Deputy Commissioner of CTTC, said, “We are confirmed that some masterminds have already been killed in police raids. We are investigating the militants’ strategy and policy that how and in what way they carry out terror activities.”
“Time has not come yet to say the JMB has been destroyed. However, we could say we have the control over the militant operations right now,” the ADC said.
“The youths who went into hiding or went missing are returning,” he said while inaugurating the Fire Service and Civil Defense Week at Mirpur in city.
On October 1, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque said militancy would never get any space in the law enforcers took them under control.
