Plan to Attack Jatiya Sangsad: Ansar al Islam operative confesses to magistrate
An operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam on Saturday confessed to a Dhaka magistrate that he was planning to attack Jatiya Sangsad on May 5, as per instruction of its leader Ali Hasan Osama.
Metropolitan Magistrate Debbrata Biswas recorded the confessional statement of Md Al Sakib after investigation officer (IO) of the case Kazi Mizanur Rahman produced him at his chamber on completion of his seven-day remand in two phases. After recording the statement, the magistrate sent Sakib to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
In his statement, Sakib told the magistrate that being "inspired" by speeches on YouTube and Facebook and as per direction of Ali Hasan Osama, he planned an attack on Jatiya Sangsad on the night of May 5, court sources said.
Earlier, Osama had directed all of his followers across the country for executing the plan, Sakib claimed.
Sakib asked his accomplices to gather in front of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with black flags. But before the attack, he was arrested and none of his accomplices arrived in Dhaka as news of his arrest spread across the country, he said in his confessional statement.
Meanwhile, Osama was sent to jail on Saturday on completion of his seven-day remand in two phases in the same case.
The IO did not submit any petition for recording his confessional statement, court sources said.
Counter Terrorism unit arrested Sakib from Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area around 7:45pm on May 5 while Osama was arrested from Rajbari district the same day.
Osama, a khatib of Rajbari Bazar Jam-e Masjid, was arrested for his provocative speeches while Sakib was arrested for announcing an attack on Jatiya Sangsad.
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