“Police were aware that Murad was living in this flat with his family. After the Narayanganj raid on August 27, Rupnagar police on August 29 raided this flat and found it locked. The landlord was asked to keep the station informed if the tenant returns.
The tenants returned on Friday evening, and as police arrived and were sealing the building off, Murad attacked and wounded four policemen. The police officers fired back and killed him.”10:24pmOur correspondent on the spot reports that no gunfire is being heard at the moment. Police have cordoned off Rupnagar Residential area.10:19pmDMP counter-terrorism chief Monirul Islam confirms to the Dhaka Tribune that the killed militant is "Major Murad" alias Jahangir.10:13pmPolice sources say the killed militant has been identified as "Murad."10:09pmDMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman tells the Dhaka Tribune one militant had been killed by police and a raid was ongoing at the place.10:03pmOur Dhaka Medical College Hospital correspondent confirms Rupnagar police station Officer-in-Charge Shahin Fakir and another officer have been brought there, wounded.9:50pmReports of police being engaged in a gunfight with unknown persons in a building in Dhaka's Mirpur Rupnagar area.11:30pmAdditional Inspector General Mokhlesur Rahman holds a press briefing in front of Road 33. He says Rupnagar police raided the flat based on specific information from intelligence. The militant's identity has not been confirmed, he says, but it is certain that he was a member of New JMB and known in the organisation as Murad, Jahangir and Julhas. The raid has ended, he announces.11:13pmInjured police officials brought to Square Hospital from DMCH.10:39pmDMP ADC Abdul Mannan says a bomb disposal unit is now going through the flat on fifth floor of House 34 on Road 33, Rupnagar Residential area.10:33pmDMP Additional Deputy Commissioner Sanowar Hossain tells the Dhaka Tribune:
“Police were aware that Murad was living in this flat with his family. After the Narayanganj raid on August 27, Rupnagar police on August 29 raided this flat and found it locked. The landlord was asked to keep the station informed if the tenant returns.
The tenants returned on Friday evening, and as police arrived and were sealing the building off, Murad attacked and wounded four policemen. The police officers fired back and killed him.”10:24pmOur correspondent on the spot reports that no gunfire is being heard at the moment. Police have cordoned off Rupnagar Residential area.10:19pmDMP counter-terrorism chief Monirul Islam confirms to the Dhaka Tribune that the killed militant is "Major Murad" alias Jahangir.10:13pmPolice sources say the killed militant has been identified as "Murad."10:09pmDMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman tells the Dhaka Tribune one militant had been killed by police and a raid was ongoing at the place.10:03pmOur Dhaka Medical College Hospital correspondent confirms Rupnagar police station Officer-in-Charge Shahin Fakir and another officer have been brought there, wounded.9:50pmReports of police being engaged in a gunfight with unknown persons in a building in Dhaka's Mirpur Rupnagar area.
“Police were aware that Murad was living in this flat with his family. After the Narayanganj raid on August 27, Rupnagar police on August 29 raided this flat and found it locked. The landlord was asked to keep the station informed if the tenant returns.
The tenants returned on Friday evening, and as police arrived and were sealing the building off, Murad attacked and wounded four policemen. The police officers fired back and killed him.”10:24pmOur correspondent on the spot reports that no gunfire is being heard at the moment. Police have cordoned off Rupnagar Residential area.10:19pmDMP counter-terrorism chief Monirul Islam confirms to the Dhaka Tribune that the killed militant is "Major Murad" alias Jahangir.10:13pmPolice sources say the killed militant has been identified as "Murad."10:09pmDMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman tells the Dhaka Tribune one militant had been killed by police and a raid was ongoing at the place.10:03pmOur Dhaka Medical College Hospital correspondent confirms Rupnagar police station Officer-in-Charge Shahin Fakir and another officer have been brought there, wounded.9:50pmReports of police being engaged in a gunfight with unknown persons in a building in Dhaka's Mirpur Rupnagar area.