Plan to attack Jatiya Sangsad: Ansar al Islam operative gives confessional statement
An operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam confessed to a Dhaka magistrate yesterday (Saturday) that he was planning to attack Jatiya Sangsad on May 5 as per instruction of its leader Ali Hasan Osama, known as "Banglar Osama".
Metropolitan Magistrate Debbrata Biswas recorded the confessional statement of Md Al Sakib after Kazi Mizanur Rahman, an inspector of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of DMP and also the investigation officer of the case, 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 provocative speeches on YouTube and Facebook and as per direction of their spiritual leader 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.
In line with the direction, 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.
Meantime, Osama was sent to jail yesterday (Saturday) on completion of his seven-day remand in two phases in the same case. Moreover, 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.
Following their arrests, police filed a case against them with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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