Dr Dilip Kumar Ghosh, chemical laboratory chief of Criminal Investigation Department, confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune and said that the samples of 21 militants’ viscera (stomach, liver and kidney) and blood were sent to the laboratory and “after examination, we found no trace of any narcotics or stimulants in them.”
He also said there were no traces of any adulterated substances in the samples.
Earlier, criminal experts and investigators suspected that the killed militants might have been using narcotics or stimulants like captagon and yaba, similar to foreign militants. Following the suspicion, the samples were sent to CID’s chemical laboratory in Mohakhali, Dhaka after autopsy of the bodies for verification.
According to sources, viscera and blood samples of 19 killed militants (nine in Kallyanpur, seven in Gulshan and three in Narayanganj) were sent to the laboratory from the Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College. The samples of the other two militants killed in Sholakia were sent from Mymensingh Medical College.
However, of the seven said militants killed during the Gulshan attack, involvement of the chef and another Holey Artisan Bakery employee are yet to be confirmed.
The examination reports were sent to respective forensic departments on Wednesday, a source said.
A law enforcement agency official, seeking anonymity, said the militants were cold-blooded murders and that is why it was being suspected that they might have been using stimulants to carry out such heinous acts.
On July 1, militants killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, inside Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan area, before security forces stormed the building and ended a 12-hour standoff on July 2.
On July 26, nine militants were killed and one of their accomplice was taken into custody by law enforcement agencies during a raid in a house in Mirpur’s Kallyanpur area.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
