Rab officer hurt in Sylhet militant den arrives in Dhaka
Rab’s intelligence wing director Lt Col Abul Kalam Azad arrived in Dhaka tonight, three days after he was taken to Singapore Hospital being critically injured from an explosion near Sylhet militant den.
He was admitted to Combined Military Hospital after he landed in Dhaka around 9:15pm, Mufti Mahmud Khan, director of Rab’s legal and media wing, told The Daily Star.
Azad’s younger brother Yusuf Ahsan Hemel said his brother was brought back from Singapore as he was not in a condition to undergo operation there.
An air ambulance carrying the Rab official took off from Mount Elizabeth Hospitals Singapore at around 4:00pm, Mufti Mahmud Khan told The Daily Star earlier in the day.
Lt Col Azad, sustained splinter injuries during Saturday’s twin-blast near Shibbari den “Atia Mahal” in Sylhet that killed two police officials and four civilian; and injured 40 others.
Army commandoes later on killed four militants holding up in the building since early Friday.
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