The investigation agency, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, is yet to submit charge sheet of Kallyanpur militant den raid where nine militants were killed and one escaped during "Operation Storm" on July 26 of 2016.
The identity of one militant could not be confirmed. Law enforcers conducted the drive to find out the planners of the July 1 Holey Artisan attack in 2016. Two days after the operation, Mirpur Model Police Station Inspector Md Shahjahan Alam filed the case accusing nine persons under the Counter Terrorism Act.
The deceased militants of the Kallyanpur militant den were identified as Abdullah, 23, son of Sohrab Ali of Ballabhpur village, Dinajpur; Abdul Hakim Naym, 33, [name in Bengali reads Abu Hakim Naym] son of Nurul Islam of Kuakata village, Patuakhali, Taj-ul-Haque Rashiq, 25, son of Rabiul Haq from Dhaka's Dhanmondi area, Akifuzzaman Khan, 24, son of Saifuzzaman Khan of Dhaka's Gulshan area, Shazad Rouf, 24, son of Tawhid Rouf of Bashundhara, Dhaka, Motier Rahman, 24, son of Nasiruddin Sardar of Omarpur village, Satkhira, Jobayer Hossain, 20, son of Abdul Quaium of Paschim Maijdee village, Noakhali, Rayhan Kabir alias Tarek alias Faruk, and one other unidentified.
It was discovered that some of the militants at the den were connected to the planning of the Holey Artisan attack while others were planning more attacks on areas densely populated by foreigners in Dhaka and Narayanganj, police said. "They had almost finished their preparations for three simultaneous attacks in Dhaka and Narayanganj. We found out that they had already rented a place in Narayanganj to carry out the attack," the sources said.
"The investigation is at its final stage and we will submit the charge sheet soon," said Chief of CTTC Monirul Islam. So far five people have been arrested in connection with the case --- Rakibul Hasan Rigan, Salauddin Kamran, Engr Abdur Rouf Prodhan, Abul Kashem alias Boro Hujur, Ahmed Azwad Imtiaz Talukder alias Omi.
Three of them, Rigan, Kamran and Engr Pordhan have all given their confessional statements under Section 164. "Among the fugitive militants, we have information that Junayed Khan is out of the country, Ripon and Khaled were abroad during the "Operation Storm."
So far, in the investigation, we have not been able to confirm their involvement. "We have, however, found the involvement of Sohel Mahfuz alias Hatkata Mahfuz who was arrested. He was shown arrested in the case of the Kallyanpur incident and the court has granted us a fresh three-day remand period to question him further," said CTTC sources.
They are Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury (who was the mastermind of the Holey Artisan attack and was killed in the Narayanganj militant den), Rakibul Hasan Rigan, Iqbal, Ripon, Khalid, Mamun, Manik, Junayed Khan, Badal, and Azadul alias Kabiraj. Rakibul Hasan Rigan was arrested while fleeing the Kallyanpur militant den. "Operation Storm" was the turning point of the law enforcers. We were able to stop the militants from executing further attacks. Some high-profile militants were killed during that drive," said CTTC Chief.
