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Another ‘Mastermind’ Of The Dhaka Cafe Attack Arrested By Bangladesh Police
Swarajya Staff
Jan 14, 2017, 04:15 PM | Updated 04:15 PM IST
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Bangladesh Police today (14 January) claimed to have arrested Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen-Bangladesh terrorist Jahangir Alam, one of the key figures behind the Gulshan café terror attack in 2016, in which over 20 people, mostly foreigners, were killed.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) spokesperson Masudur Rahman said they arrested Alam, alias Rajib Gandhi, a Neo-JMB leader, from Tangail, some 100 km from Dhaka, late Friday (13 January). The 35-year-old Alam's arrest came about during a drive conducted by members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP, police said, bd24news reported. He is a wanted criminal and an accused in 20 to 22 cases filed in connection with terrorist attacks, CTTC unit Chief Monirul Islam told The Daily Star.
The police had earlier said they were on the trail of 'Rajib Gandhi' and Basaruzzaman alias Chocolate, after recent raids that led to the deaths of terrorists Tamim Chowdhury, former Bangladesh Army major Jahidul Islam, Tanvir Qaderi and Nurul Islam Marzan.
With inputs from IANS
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