"Abdullah told me to go to Syria, but I said no. I wanted to see if something could be done here in Bangladesh. Abdullah then said the plane that I fly could be flown to Syria. I said it required two men to pilot the plane that I fly, but it can be done with one just once.
"We could not fly to Syria directly; we would have to fly via Turkey."
These are parts of the confession alleged militant Sabbir made before a Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate after being arrested by RAB.
Court sources earlier said Sabbir had planned to crash an aircraft into the residence of Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina in a similar manner to the infamous terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.
In the statement, Sabbir said it was possible to attack an establishment with a plane during landing but it was impossible during take off.
"It is not possible to attack any establishment in Dhaka if the plane takes off from Dhaka Airport."
However, he said it is possible to target establishments in Dhaka if the plane takes off from Chittagong, Sylhet or Rajshahi. It is possible to hit the establishment by calculating its height.
The plan was made with Abdullah whether the plane could be crashed into the prime minister's residence.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines First Officer Sabbir Ahmed was arrested on October 26 from Kamalprabha house of Burdwanbari in Mirpur for alleged involvement in militant activities and planning attacks on important establishments.
The Abdullah from the confession is the same Abdullah, 45, who, along with his two wives Fatema, 34, and Nasrin, 32, two sons Omar, 10, and Osama, 3, and two associates, was killed in a suicide attack at the same house on September 5.
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On November 8, Sabbir gave a confessional statement before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sarafuzzaman Ansari. The statement said that due to tensions within his family, he was depressed. Later, Sabbir developed a good relationship with Abdullah.
According to investigators and court sources, Sabbir joined banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) after being invited by Abdullah.
Sabbir said he got married in 2012. After a dispute with his parents, he moved out of his house in 2013. Frustrated by his situation, he started praying at the local mosque. Later, he became affiliated with Tablig Jamaat.
In 2014, he visited his parents a few weeks before Eid-Ul-Azha. Abdullah also lived in the same building, on the third floor.
At the time, Abdullah began lecturing him and his parents on the merits of Jihad by quoting hadiths. He also spoke on law and order, justice and the constitution.
Sabbir had also mentioned in his statement that Abdullah said the constitution of Bangladesh is contrary to the laws of Allah.
"For this reason, Abdullah said the judicial system of this country must be destroyed. Those who speak against Islam do not deserve any trial."
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