Photos
inside the building showed bundles of burnt currency notes and destroyed
laptops and phones at the flat.
Police
also opened fire in retaliation.
Police
claimed that they had evacuated some people from the building before and during
the standoff between the law enforcers and the alleged militants.
Police
have arrested Momtaz Parveen, owner of the building, and her son Mazharul Islam
Jewel for not providing police with information about their tenants, said
Deputy Commissioner (Mirpur division) Masud Ahmed.
Police
said the body was “abnormally swollen” but they did not see any injury or
torture marks anywhere on it.
Police
sources said about 400-500 shots were fired by law enforcers.
Police
suspect that the top businessman died some three to four days ago.
Police
then asked him to “spell” IS. He then elaborated it, saying: “Islamic State.”
Police
then asked him to spell “IS”.
Police
then decided to launch the operation around 5:50am.
Police
took him in their custody and he is now taking treatment at Dhaka Medical
College Hospital.
Police
took the bodies to Dhaka Medical College morgue around 5:00pm.
Popular
actor Sakib Khan is in Kolkata to promote his new film “Shikari”. The
Bangladesh-India joint production which was released on the occasion of
Eid-ul-fitr in Bangladesh, is to release in Kolkata on August 12.
Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her party lawmakers to form active
anti-militancy committees in their respective constituencies to fight extremism
and militancy.
Prime
Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy and International
Telecommunication Union's Secretary General Houlin Zhao will be present on the
occasion.
Prime
Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy will open the event. Ministers,
senior officials and experts will also attend the programme as discussants, the
organisers said.
Private
sector credit growth has been set at 16.5 percent and public sector credit
growth at 15.9 percent.
Public
Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, State Minister for Public
Administration Ismat Ara Sadique, Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Helal Uddin
Ahmed, Chittagong DC Mohammad Mesbahuddin, Rajbari DC Begum Zeenat Ara and
Sunamganj DC Sheikh Rafiqul Islam also spoke on the occasion.
