UNB, Dhaka :
A ‘sleeper cell’ of Islamic militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team carried out the gruesome killing of blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu in the city, according to the Detective Branch (DB).
During interrogation, suspected killers Zikrullah and Ariful, who are now on an eight-day remand, revealed that they were members of a ‘sleeper cell’ of Ansarullah Bangla Team, said Monirul Islam, joint commissioner (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) at a briefing at DMP Media Centre on Wednesday.
The radical Islamic group is learned to have several ‘sleeper cells’ among themselves, of which and 2-3 are active now, he added. ‘Sleeper Cell’ is a group of people who operate secretly in a community until they receive any instruction from elsewhere to perform acts of espionage, sabotage, and/ or terrorism.
Monirul Islam said both Zikrullah and Ariful were from Hathazari Madrasah but Arful is now studying at Mirpur Darul Ulum Madrasah.
They had been living at a house of Jatrabari where they had been trained to kill him about 15 days back, the Joint Commissioner (DB) said adding that they were assigned only to kill Washikur.
Blogger Washiqur, 26, also an employee of Far East Travels Ltd, was hacked to death by some assailants at South Begunbari in Tejgoan Industrial area of the city on Monday.
Police arrested Zikrullah and Ariful with three homemade sharp weapons while they were fleeing from the place of occurrence just after killing blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu.
A case was filed with Silpanchal Police Station in connection with the killing. The DB is now investigating the sensational case.
A ‘sleeper cell’ of Islamic militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team carried out the gruesome killing of blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu in the city, according to the Detective Branch (DB).
During interrogation, suspected killers Zikrullah and Ariful, who are now on an eight-day remand, revealed that they were members of a ‘sleeper cell’ of Ansarullah Bangla Team, said Monirul Islam, joint commissioner (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) at a briefing at DMP Media Centre on Wednesday.
The radical Islamic group is learned to have several ‘sleeper cells’ among themselves, of which and 2-3 are active now, he added. ‘Sleeper Cell’ is a group of people who operate secretly in a community until they receive any instruction from elsewhere to perform acts of espionage, sabotage, and/ or terrorism.
Monirul Islam said both Zikrullah and Ariful were from Hathazari Madrasah but Arful is now studying at Mirpur Darul Ulum Madrasah.
They had been living at a house of Jatrabari where they had been trained to kill him about 15 days back, the Joint Commissioner (DB) said adding that they were assigned only to kill Washikur.
Blogger Washiqur, 26, also an employee of Far East Travels Ltd, was hacked to death by some assailants at South Begunbari in Tejgoan Industrial area of the city on Monday.
Police arrested Zikrullah and Ariful with three homemade sharp weapons while they were fleeing from the place of occurrence just after killing blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu.
A case was filed with Silpanchal Police Station in connection with the killing. The DB is now investigating the sensational case.
