Law enforcers arrest another 'militant' over Panthapath hotel operation
Tuesday, 2 January 2018
Law enforcers arrested on Sunday a top leader of banned militant outfit neo-JMB in connection with the 'planned attack' from a militant hideout at hotel Olio International in the city's Panthapath area on August 15 last year, reports UNB.
A joint team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, intelligence wing of police headquarters and Bogra district police conducted a drive in the House Building area of Uttara sector 7 around 7:00 pm and arrested Mamun (21), a Surah member of neo- JMB, said deputy commissioner Masudur Rahman of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
During primary interrogation, Mamun confessed that he is a bomb-making expert and was one of those who had planned to carry out a militant attack.