Two militants identified as Rabbi, Tausif

The chief of DMP's Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, Monirul Islam, confirmed the names to the Dhaka Tribune. “We found a national identity card in Rabbi’s pocket that helped us in identifying him,” Monirul said. “Jessore police had made an anti-militancy poster that contained the pictures and names of some militants from the district. His [Rabbi’s] name is also there in the poster. “We think the other militant is Nibras Islam’s friend Tausif Hossain, but we are not a hundred percent sure,” the CTTC unit chief said. On the other hand, one of the doctors who carried out autopsies on the three militants, said all of them had bullet wounds on their heads and bodies. Dr Sohel Mahmud, an assistant professor at the forensic department of Dhaka Medical College, said a three-member team carried out the post-mortem examination of the men who were still unidentified to them. However, the person who the media identified as Tamim had a single bullet wound to the head, he said. The other two men also had bullet exit wounds to their heads and bodies, as well as having bomb splinters embedded in their bodies, Dr Mahmud said. Blood, hair and tissue samples from the militants’ bodies have been sent to a chemical laboratory in Mohakhali, he added. The other two members of the autopsy board were Dr Prodip Bishwas and Dr Kabir Chowdhury.Case filed, house owner arrestedNarayanganj Sadar Model police station Officer-in-Charge Assaduzzaman has filed a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act, accusing Tamim and his two associates as well as several unnamed suspects. The case will now be investigated by the police station’s Inspector (investigation) Abdur Razzak, said Narayanganj Additional Superintendent of Police Faruk Hossain. Meanwhile, the police have also detained Nuruddin Dewan, the owner of the house the militants lived in, for not providing tenant information to law enforcers. During a press conference yesterday morning, Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Moinul Haque said 10 people were detained on Saturday evening following the raid. Nine of them were released after interrogation, while the house owner has been shown as arrested. The militants had probably used forged identifications for renting the house, Moinul said, adding that the issue was still being investigated. “The militants were planning to attack foreigners living in the peripheries of the capital. That is why they chose the densely populated Narayanganj area,” the SP said. Following Saturday’s drive, security has been increased in Narayanganj, while block raids are still going on, he added.