The suspected militant den (partially obscured by trees) in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi, from where eight of a family were detained on June 12, 2017 Azahar Uddin/Dhaka TribuneThe rescued children are Ibrahim's three daughters – Tamanna, 8, Taskira, 4, and seven-month-old Tanshira – and Rabiul's three-month-old daughter.
Ramjan teaches at Gourangipur Government primary school, Ibrahim is a fertiliser trader, Israfil is a homeopathic doctor and Rabiul is a carpenter.
Rajshahi's Additional Police Superintendent Sumit Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that the family had kept itself isolated and even used to offer Eid prayers at home.
Tanore police's Sub-Inspector Rayhan Ali said: “We suspect there could be a stockpile of suicidal vests and explosives in the house. We are thoroughly searching the house.”Police have detained eight members of a family, including a primary school teacher, from a house believed to be used by militants as a hideout in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi.
Four children of the family were rescued and taken into police custody after the Sunday midnight raid at Dangarpara village under Panchandar union.
A pistol, bullets and two suicide vests were recovered from the house which had been raided and cordoned off since Sunday night based on information from Bogra police's Detective Branch.
The detainees are – house owner Ramjan Ali, 55, and his wife Ayesha Bibi; their elder son Ibrahim and his wife Morjina; younger son Israfil Alam, 26, and his spouse Haresa Khatun; Ramjan's daughter Hawa Begum, 20, and her husband Rabiul, 27.
The suspected militant den (partially obscured by trees) in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi, from where eight of a family were detained on June 12, 2017 Azahar Uddin/Dhaka TribuneThe rescued children are Ibrahim's three daughters – Tamanna, 8, Taskira, 4, and seven-month-old Tanshira – and Rabiul's three-month-old daughter.
Ramjan teaches at Gourangipur Government primary school, Ibrahim is a fertiliser trader, Israfil is a homeopathic doctor and Rabiul is a carpenter.
Rajshahi's Additional Police Superintendent Sumit Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that the family had kept itself isolated and even used to offer Eid prayers at home.
Tanore police's Sub-Inspector Rayhan Ali said: “We suspect there could be a stockpile of suicidal vests and explosives in the house. We are thoroughly searching the house.”
The suspected militant den (partially obscured by trees) in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi, from where eight of a family were detained on June 12, 2017 Azahar Uddin/Dhaka TribuneThe rescued children are Ibrahim's three daughters – Tamanna, 8, Taskira, 4, and seven-month-old Tanshira – and Rabiul's three-month-old daughter.
Ramjan teaches at Gourangipur Government primary school, Ibrahim is a fertiliser trader, Israfil is a homeopathic doctor and Rabiul is a carpenter.
Rajshahi's Additional Police Superintendent Sumit Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that the family had kept itself isolated and even used to offer Eid prayers at home.
Tanore police's Sub-Inspector Rayhan Ali said: “We suspect there could be a stockpile of suicidal vests and explosives in the house. We are thoroughly searching the house.”