Also asked about whether the two men had provided any leads during their questioning in remand, the counter-terrorism chief said suspects do not usually give any information during the primary stage of remand but only start cooperating near the end; so the police were still hopeful about gleaning information from them.
“We are also taking help from experts, including psychologists, to interrogate them; and if necessary help from other experts such as body language analysts would also be sought,” Monirul said.
Hasnat – a former teacher of North South University – and Tahmid – a student of University of Toronto – have been under an eight-day remand since August 4 after they were both shown arrested under section 54.
Sources at the counter-terrorism unit said the two men would be produced before a court today with a request for a fresh remand.
Investigation sources told the Dhaka Tribune that they found that a mobile app named Wickr Me – which is a free end-to-end encrypted messenger – had been downloaded on Hasnat’s mobile phone half an hour after the Gulshan attack was launched.
Asked about the Wickr Me app, Monirul said investigators analysed the evidence to find
that the attackers had rarely used Hasnat’s phone; instead they used phones belonging to Sri Lankan hostages and Italian victims
to communicate with outside sources.
Regarding media reports that quoted investigators saying that attackers had used Hasnat’s phone, the CTTC chief said no media person had contacted them before publishing such stories.
The Gulshan attack – the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history – left 24 people, mostly foreigners, dead.However, there was no immediate plan of showing Tahmid Hasib Khan, another suspect-survivor in custody, as arrested in the case, said Monirul Islam, who leads the DMP’s Counter-terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit.
Asked if the police had found anything linking them to the July 1 attack, Monirul told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday the investigation was still under way and details could only be released after the end of the two men’s remand. 
Also asked about whether the two men had provided any leads during their questioning in remand, the counter-terrorism chief said suspects do not usually give any information during the primary stage of remand but only start cooperating near the end; so the police were still hopeful about gleaning information from them.
“We are also taking help from experts, including psychologists, to interrogate them; and if necessary help from other experts such as body language analysts would also be sought,” Monirul said.
Hasnat – a former teacher of North South University – and Tahmid – a student of University of Toronto – have been under an eight-day remand since August 4 after they were both shown arrested under section 54.
Sources at the counter-terrorism unit said the two men would be produced before a court today with a request for a fresh remand.
Investigation sources told the Dhaka Tribune that they found that a mobile app named Wickr Me – which is a free end-to-end encrypted messenger – had been downloaded on Hasnat’s mobile phone half an hour after the Gulshan attack was launched.
Asked about the Wickr Me app, Monirul said investigators analysed the evidence to find
that the attackers had rarely used Hasnat’s phone; instead they used phones belonging to Sri Lankan hostages and Italian victims
to communicate with outside sources.
Regarding media reports that quoted investigators saying that attackers had used Hasnat’s phone, the CTTC chief said no media person had contacted them before publishing such stories.
The Gulshan attack – the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history – left 24 people, mostly foreigners, dead.
Also asked about whether the two men had provided any leads during their questioning in remand, the counter-terrorism chief said suspects do not usually give any information during the primary stage of remand but only start cooperating near the end; so the police were still hopeful about gleaning information from them.
“We are also taking help from experts, including psychologists, to interrogate them; and if necessary help from other experts such as body language analysts would also be sought,” Monirul said.
Hasnat – a former teacher of North South University – and Tahmid – a student of University of Toronto – have been under an eight-day remand since August 4 after they were both shown arrested under section 54.
Sources at the counter-terrorism unit said the two men would be produced before a court today with a request for a fresh remand.
Investigation sources told the Dhaka Tribune that they found that a mobile app named Wickr Me – which is a free end-to-end encrypted messenger – had been downloaded on Hasnat’s mobile phone half an hour after the Gulshan attack was launched.
Asked about the Wickr Me app, Monirul said investigators analysed the evidence to find
that the attackers had rarely used Hasnat’s phone; instead they used phones belonging to Sri Lankan hostages and Italian victims
to communicate with outside sources.
Regarding media reports that quoted investigators saying that attackers had used Hasnat’s phone, the CTTC chief said no media person had contacted them before publishing such stories.
The Gulshan attack – the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history – left 24 people, mostly foreigners, dead.