The mastermind and his aide behind the Kishoreganj bank burglary have been identified as siblings and had reportedly given fake identities to the police.
Police sources said Habibur Rahman alias Sohel has been identified as Yusuf Munshi and Idris Mia was identified as Idris Munshi.
Investigation officer of the case and Sadar police station Office-in-Charge Abdul Malek said: “Their previous names were fake. They have been identified as brothers.”
The architect of the cinematic Kishoreganj bank burglary and his aide were arrested with the stolen money in the capital's Shyampur Balurmath area on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Yusuf’s maternal father-in-law Motahar Hossain was also arrested from a nearby building named Pronoy Villa.
On Monday, some 45 people, including 12 Sonali Bank officials, were held in Kishoreganj for interrogation in connection with the burglary.
On Sunday, the authorities of the Rathkhola branch of Sonali Bank in Kishoreganj district township noticed that Tk16.4 crore had been looted from its vault through an underground tunnel.
On the same day, eight policemen were suspended following the incident. These policemen were deployed in the barrack located in the basement of the branch to maintain the security of the vault.
