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MILITANCY-REPORT-ASHKONA
Court fixes Feb 18 for submission of Ashkona raid probe report
DHAKA, Jan 7, 2020 (BSS) – A court here today fixed February 18 for the submission of probe report in a case filed in connection with the police raid on a militant hideout in the city’s Ashkona.
Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order as the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) failed to submit the report today.
On December 24 in 2016, police raided a house-Surjya Villa in Ashkona of Dakhinkhan. Two suspected militants were killed and two women surrendered during the 16-hour raid, ‘Operation Ripple 24’.
Dakkhinkhan Police Station Sub-Inspector Shahinul Islam lodged cases against nine militants in this connection under the Anti Terrorism Act.
The accused were Jebunnesa Shila, Trishna Moni, Shakira, Samina, Afifa Quaderi, Moinul Islam, Rashedur Rahman, Selim and Firoz.
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