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Meanwhile, family members of Hakim claimed that RAB did not hand over Hakim to them and they have no clues where he is staying now. Some six youths stormed into Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan in Dhaka armed with guns, bombs and swords and killed 22 people on July 1. After a 12-hour holdup, commando forces rescued 13 hostages, killing five suspected attackers. Later, police brought parents of Payel and father and brother of another militant Ujjal from Bogra, to Dhaka for interrogating about their sons and collecting their blood samples to identify the alleged dead militants on July 5.
Abdul Hakim (left), a known acquaintance of Holey Artisan attacker Md Khairuzzaman alias Khairul Islam Payel or JMB-given name Abu Umayr al-Bengali, surrendered before Rapid Action battalion on October 5, 2016 Dhaka TribuneBut, police did not allow them to see the bodies of their sons.
Hosney Ara, sister of Payel, said: “Whatever crime Payel had committed we wanted his body for a proper burial but the law enforcers did not give his body to us.”
Josna, sister of Payel, who had paid Payel’s educational costs, said: “Payel along with his classmate Hakim had visited home nearly six months ago.”
However, Hakim’s mother Sufia Begum claimed that Hakim does not know militant Payel. “Hakim left Dhaka for Azerbaijan on June 30 this year,” said Sufia.
Besides, Hakim during his surrender on October 5 said he and Payel were classmates and went to Dhaka for getting admitted to JnU and that he got into militancy through Payel.