Gulshan attack: Rigan on 6-day remand

Rakibul Hasan Rigan, an alleged militant caught wounded during Kalyanpur raid in Dhaka on July 26, was placed on a six-day remand in connection with the Gulshan café attack.

Rigan was shown arrested on September 21 in the Gulshan attack case after his involvement with the incident was found.

The 20-year-old “Neo JMB” operative was caught wounded during a police raid at Taj Manzeel, also known as Jahaj Building, in Kalyanpur on July 26.

Metropolitan Magistrate in Dhaka Golam Nobi passed the order after Humayun Kabir, an inspector of the Counter Terrorism and Trans-national Crime unit and the investigation officer of the case, produced Rigan before it with a 10-day remand prayer.

In his confessional statement before Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury on September 18, Rigan said he became radicalised in just seven months and had left his Bogra home for going to war-torn Syria and joining “the war against America and its allies”.

Rigan, a supporter of pro-Jamaat-e-Islami student body Islami Chhatra Shibir, along with several other militants also received training on firearms, including on AK-22 rifles, when they were staying in militant dens in the capital over the course of a year, according to his statement.