Police have no information regarding Reuters claim that Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury sought and won approval from Islamic State for Gulshan attack.
“As we don’t have any information about it, I will not make any comment,” Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah told reporters at police headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday.
“Now the detectives will investigate into the matter.”
The DMP chief said: “The Gulshan attack opened our eyes and later we managed to carry out successful operations in Kalyanpur, Narayanganj and other some other places.”
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“Several militant leaders including Tamim Chowdhury were killed during the raids and many were arrested. And at this moment, militants will not be able to carry out any sabotage,” Asaduzzaman Miah added.
When asked, he said: “We are trying to arrest the fugitive militants including Marzan, Bashar and Razib.”
A Reuters report of November 30 claimed that Tamim was told by his contact in the militant group, Abu Terek Mohammad Tajuddin Kausar, to target the foreigners.
Before Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury orchestrated Bangladesh’s worst militant attack, he sought and won approval for it from Islamic State, reports Reuters quoting a senior police official asking anonymity who has seen communications between the two men.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
