10:08 AM, October 08, 2016 / LAST MODIFIED: 05:45 PM, October 08, 2016
11 militants killed in Gazipur, Tangail anti-terror raids
Two alleged militants are killed and firearm, bullets are recovered in a raid by law enforcers at a house in Harinal area in Gazipur city on October 8, 2016. Photo: Star
Star Online Report
- 7 militants killed in Patartek of Gazipur
- 2 killed in Harinal of Gazipur
- 2 killed in Tangail town
- Akash, who led the Neo-JMB after Tamim’s death, among deceased
Eleven militants were killed in three separate anti-militant raids in Gazipur and Tangail today.
Among them, nine were killed in Patartek and Harinal area in Gazipur city while two others in Tangail town.
GAZIPUR
In Patartek, seven militants were killed when a joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted a raid at a two-storey house.
Tipped-off, the law enforcers cordoned off the house around 10:00am as the militants were staying there, police said.
The law enforcers, using a loudspeaker, asked the militants to surrender before them but the latter traded gunfire ignoring the call, said Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
The joint team then conducted the raid in the house around 11:45am, triggering a gunfight that left seven militants dead on the spot, he said.
Members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) reach the spot at Patartek of Gazipur city where law enforcers were exchanging gunfire with alleged militants on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
One Akash, who is among the dead, led the Neo JMB’s Dhaka city unit after the death of Tamim Chowdhury, who was killed during a raid earlier in Narayanganj, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said while addressing media at the spot.
Identities of others could not be ascertained immediately.
The law enforcers ask the onlookers to move to safe distance during a raid at a house in Harinal area of Gazipur on October 8, 2016. Photo: Star
Militants rented the building owned by a Saudi expatriate Suleiman Sarkar about three months back, locals were quoted as saying.
In Harinal, two alleged militants were killed in another raid with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
Mizanur Rahman Bhuyan, senior assistant superintendent of police of Rab-1, confirmed the deaths of two militants in the "shootout" to The Daily Star.
The killed “militants” are Touhidul Islam and Rashed Mia, both hailing from Narsingdi, said Rab-1 legal and media director Mufti Mahmud Khan quoting the house owner.
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) take part in a raid at a house in Harinal area of Gazipur on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Photo taken from Facebook/ Sunny Sanwar
Law enforcers found the two bodies in one of the units of the house, Mahiul Alam, assistant superintendant of police of Rab-1, told our Gazipur correspondent.
An AK-47 rifle, dozens of bullets, bomb-making explosive substances, four laptops, three machetes and a laminating machine were also recovered from the house, the Rab official said.
Recovered items made them suspect that more people might have been living in the unit, Mufti Mahmud Khan said.
Law enforcers conduct a raid at a house in Harinal of Gazipur on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Photo taken from Facebook/ Sunny Sanwar
Acting on a tip-off that a divisional commander of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was staying at the house, law enforcers raided it, Sanwar Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of DMP, told The Daily Star.
Law enforcers are seen conducting a raid at a house at Harinal area in Gazipur suspecting a militant den there on October 8, 2016. Photo: Star
A large number of Rab officials and police cordoned off the building in Lebubagan area since 7:00am, our Gazipur correspondent reports quoting Khandakar Rezaul Hasssan Reza, officer-in-charge of Joydevpur Police Station.
Bullet holes are seen on the window glass of a house from where alleged militants traded gunfire with law enforcers in Patartek area of Gazipur city. Photo: Star
Around 150 law enforcers including local policemen were present at the scene, the correspondent said.
The law enforcers asked the onlookers to move to safe distance.
The single-floor house constructed recently was rented out a month ago, locals said.
Ataur Rahman, owner of the building, does not live in the house, said Fazila Khatun, a neighbour.
TANGAIL
Two suspected militants were killed in another gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) during a raid at a house in Kagmara area of Tangail town this morning.
Identities of the deceased, aged between 20 and 25, could not be known immediately, reports our Tangail correspondent quoting Rab.
On information that subversive activities might be carried out in the locality during Durga Puja and Ashura, a Rab team conducted the raid at a three-storey building near Mirza Maath, the correspondent reports quoting Rab-12 Commander Additional Deputy Inspector General Md Shahabuddin Khan.
Seven alleged militants are killed in a raid by law enforcers at a two-storey-house in Patartek area of Gazipur city on October 8, 2016. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
Rab men along with the house owner, Azharul Islam Khan, went to the ground floor of the house around 10:30am that the alleged militants rented on September 27, he said.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, one of the militants reportedly shoved Mohammad Mohiuddin Faruque, commander of crime prevention company-3 of Rab-12 who led the operation.
At one stage, they opened fire on Rab personnel prompting them to retaliate which triggered the “gunfight”.
A police personnel is seen walking on a tin-roof as law enforcers exchange gunfire with alleged militants in a raid at a two-storey-house in Patartek area of Gazipur city. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
The bodies were still inside the room, Shahabuddin said.
“We assume that there may be explosive substances and ammunition inside the room,” he said.
“We will conduct operation inside the building systematically to avert any explosion,” the Rab official added.
A soldier and a corporal of the elite force received injuries in the drive, he said.
11 militants killed in Gazipur, Tangail anti-terror raids
Two alleged militants are killed and firearm, bullets are recovered in a raid by law enforcers at a house in Harinal area in Gazipur city on October 8, 2016. Photo: Star
Star Online Report
- 7 militants killed in Patartek of Gazipur
- 2 killed in Harinal of Gazipur
- 2 killed in Tangail town
- Akash, who led the Neo-JMB after Tamim’s death, among deceased
Eleven militants were killed in three separate anti-militant raids in Gazipur and Tangail today.
Among them, nine were killed in Patartek and Harinal area in Gazipur city while two others in Tangail town.
GAZIPUR
In Patartek, seven militants were killed when a joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted a raid at a two-storey house.
Tipped-off, the law enforcers cordoned off the house around 10:00am as the militants were staying there, police said.
The law enforcers, using a loudspeaker, asked the militants to surrender before them but the latter traded gunfire ignoring the call, said Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
The joint team then conducted the raid in the house around 11:45am, triggering a gunfight that left seven militants dead on the spot, he said.
Members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) reach the spot at Patartek of Gazipur city where law enforcers were exchanging gunfire with alleged militants on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
One Akash, who is among the dead, led the Neo JMB’s Dhaka city unit after the death of Tamim Chowdhury, who was killed during a raid earlier in Narayanganj, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said while addressing media at the spot.
Identities of others could not be ascertained immediately.
The law enforcers ask the onlookers to move to safe distance during a raid at a house in Harinal area of Gazipur on October 8, 2016. Photo: Star
Militants rented the building owned by a Saudi expatriate Suleiman Sarkar about three months back, locals were quoted as saying.
In Harinal, two alleged militants were killed in another raid with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
Mizanur Rahman Bhuyan, senior assistant superintendent of police of Rab-1, confirmed the deaths of two militants in the "shootout" to The Daily Star.
The killed “militants” are Touhidul Islam and Rashed Mia, both hailing from Narsingdi, said Rab-1 legal and media director Mufti Mahmud Khan quoting the house owner.
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) take part in a raid at a house in Harinal area of Gazipur on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Photo taken from Facebook/ Sunny Sanwar
Law enforcers found the two bodies in one of the units of the house, Mahiul Alam, assistant superintendant of police of Rab-1, told our Gazipur correspondent.
An AK-47 rifle, dozens of bullets, bomb-making explosive substances, four laptops, three machetes and a laminating machine were also recovered from the house, the Rab official said.
Recovered items made them suspect that more people might have been living in the unit, Mufti Mahmud Khan said.
Law enforcers conduct a raid at a house in Harinal of Gazipur on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Photo taken from Facebook/ Sunny Sanwar
Acting on a tip-off that a divisional commander of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was staying at the house, law enforcers raided it, Sanwar Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of DMP, told The Daily Star.
Law enforcers are seen conducting a raid at a house at Harinal area in Gazipur suspecting a militant den there on October 8, 2016. Photo: Star
A large number of Rab officials and police cordoned off the building in Lebubagan area since 7:00am, our Gazipur correspondent reports quoting Khandakar Rezaul Hasssan Reza, officer-in-charge of Joydevpur Police Station.
Bullet holes are seen on the window glass of a house from where alleged militants traded gunfire with law enforcers in Patartek area of Gazipur city. Photo: Star
Around 150 law enforcers including local policemen were present at the scene, the correspondent said.
The law enforcers asked the onlookers to move to safe distance.
The single-floor house constructed recently was rented out a month ago, locals said.
Ataur Rahman, owner of the building, does not live in the house, said Fazila Khatun, a neighbour.
TANGAIL
Two suspected militants were killed in another gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) during a raid at a house in Kagmara area of Tangail town this morning.
Identities of the deceased, aged between 20 and 25, could not be known immediately, reports our Tangail correspondent quoting Rab.
On information that subversive activities might be carried out in the locality during Durga Puja and Ashura, a Rab team conducted the raid at a three-storey building near Mirza Maath, the correspondent reports quoting Rab-12 Commander Additional Deputy Inspector General Md Shahabuddin Khan.
Seven alleged militants are killed in a raid by law enforcers at a two-storey-house in Patartek area of Gazipur city on October 8, 2016. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
Rab men along with the house owner, Azharul Islam Khan, went to the ground floor of the house around 10:30am that the alleged militants rented on September 27, he said.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, one of the militants reportedly shoved Mohammad Mohiuddin Faruque, commander of crime prevention company-3 of Rab-12 who led the operation.
At one stage, they opened fire on Rab personnel prompting them to retaliate which triggered the “gunfight”.
A police personnel is seen walking on a tin-roof as law enforcers exchange gunfire with alleged militants in a raid at a two-storey-house in Patartek area of Gazipur city. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
The bodies were still inside the room, Shahabuddin said.
“We assume that there may be explosive substances and ammunition inside the room,” he said.
“We will conduct operation inside the building systematically to avert any explosion,” the Rab official added.
A soldier and a corporal of the elite force received injuries in the drive, he said.
