Dhaka raid: DNA samples of militants’ family members collected

Law enforcers have collected DNA samples of the family members of identified seven militants among the nine killed during a joint raid at their hideout in the capital’s Kalyanpur area on July 26.

“We’ve collected samples from relatives of seven out of eight identified militants, except Raihan Kabir alias Tareq,” Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), told reporters today at his office.

The DNA samples will be cross-checked to match with the seven identified militants, said a DMP official, preferring anonymity, “in line with the government decision, the bodies would be handed over to the families if the samples matched.”  

The seven are Abdullah from Dinajpur, Abu Hakim Nayeem from Patuakhali, Motiar Rahman from Satkhira, Jubayer Hossain from Noakhali Taj-ul-Haque Rashiq from Dhaka's Dhanmondi, Atiquzzaman Khan from Gulshan, and Shazad Rouf Arko from Bashundhara.

Police have identified the seven after matching their fingerprints with those on their National Identity (NID) cards.

Besides, the DNA samples of the Gulshan attackers have already been collected, the police official said.  

The seven bodies of the militants killed in the Kalyanpur joint raid have been kept at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s mortuary while bodies of the Gulshan attackers are at the Combined Military Hospital.

Detective Branch (DB) of police disclosed their addresses and photos on their national ID cards alongside the photos of the corpses.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police also uploaded the addresses and pictures of the seven on its news portal and also on its official Facebook page.

Earlier, Masudur Rahman told reporters that DNA tests of the militants killed in the joint raid will be conducted upon the court orders.