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ATTACK-POLICE
Militants held in N’ganj shown arrest in Gulistan attack case
DHAKA, Sept 24, 2019 (BSS) – Two alleged militants arrested from
Narayanganj yesterday, have been shown arrested in connection with the attack
on police that took place in city’s Gulistan area in April this year.
“The two members of the neo-Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an
Islamic militant outfit operating in Bangladesh, arrested from Fatullah,
Narayanganj on Monday by the Counter Terrorism Unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan
Police (DMP), were directly involve in the attack on police in Gulistan,” said
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit chief Manirul Islam at a press
conference at DMP media centre here today.
Five members of neo-JMB were involve in the attack on police in the
capital, said the official.
Of the five members, police arrested Farid Uddin Rumi, a mechanical
engineering department teacher of Ahsanullah Science and Technology
University and final-year student of electrical engineering department of
Narayanganj Polytechnic Institute Mishuk Khan Mizan on Monday during an anti-
militant drive in Narayanganj.
On April 29, the militants carried out attack on police using Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) at Gulistan that left three members of the police
injured.
BSS/PR/FH/OG/RY/1805 hrs