Busted Rajshahi Den: Top militant Sohel supplied IEDs
The top militant suspect who played a key role in the Gulshan Café attack last year also supplied Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) to Benipur militants.
This was revealed in the first information report (FIR) published by police regarding the raid codenamed Sun Devil in Rajshahi last week.
Female militant suspect Sumaiya Begum, 25, who surrendered during the 36-hour raid on May 11, identified the top militant suspect as Md Abdus Sabur Khan, son of Rezaul Karim and Monwara Begum of Sadipur village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia district.
Khan used a codename 'Sohel Mahfuz', the FIR stated.
The 40-year-old militant supplied grenades for the July 1 Gulshan Café attack, also gave IEDs to militants and Sumaiya's brothers Al Amin, 20, who was killed, and Shoaib, 22, who escaped the raid.
Sohel trained them to manufacture and use IEDS by visiting them at Benipur den, police said in the FIR quoting female militant Sumaiya Begum.
Sub Inspector Naimul Haque filed the FIR with Godagari police station on Saturday accusing eight militants including Sohel and 25 unnamed militants under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 with charges of murder and attacking law enforcers under the Penal Code.
Five accused in the case were killed during the raid. Apart from Al Amin, the other dead accused in the case are Sumaiya's father Sazzad Ali alias Mistu, 50, her mother Lutfunnesa Bely, 40, sister Karima, 17, and BSc student Ashraful Islam, 35.
The accused also include Sumaiya. She was injured during the raid and has received treatment for the same.
Meanwhile, the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Saiful Islam in Rajshahi granted 10-day remand against Sumaiya after police sought 15 days.
Investigation officer of the FIR, Inspector Altaf Hossain said interrogating Sumaiya was necessary as she told the police she knew 25 other top suspected militants.
He said, Sumaiya's six-year old son Jubayer was handed over to the custody of her family members while her one and a half month old daughter Afia would remain with her.
A six-member special team headed by Additional SP of Rajshahi Sumit Chowdhury has been formed to interrogate her, said Rajshahi SP Moazzem Hossain Bhuiyan.
The police in the FIR described that militants exploded at least three IEDs targeting law enforcers during the raid while the Bomb Disposal Unit of police later found 11 IEDs inside the militant den.
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