7 militants identified
Kalyanpur operation
STAFF REPORTER
Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday identified seven out of nine suspected militants, who were killed during joint forces raid in capitals Kalayanpur area early Tuesday.
The seven suspected militants are Abdullah from Dinajpur, Abu Hakim Nayem from Patuakhali, Akifuzzaman Khan from Gulshan, Dhaka, Zobaer Hossain from Noakhali, Matiar Rahman from Satkhira, Sazad Rauf Arka from Basundhara, Dhaka and Tajul Huq Rashik from Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
DMP confirmed the identities after matching the finger prints of the killed suspects with their finger prints stored with national identity cards of the countrys Election Commission.
Abdullah, son of Md Sohrab Ali and Moslema Khatun , hailed from Vallabpur village under Nawbabganj upzaila in Dinapur district. He was born on 15 January 1993 and his NID number is 272049000030.
Abu Hakim Nayem, son of Nurul Islam and Halima, hailed from Kuakata village under Kolapara Upazila in Patuakhali district. He was born on 15 January 1983. His NID number was 781103000369. Tajul Huq Rashik, son of Rabiul Haque and Jahanara Begum, hailed from Dhanmondhi in the capital. He was born on Dec 5, 1991. His NID is 261350000397.
Akifuzzaman Khan, son of Saifuzzaman Khan and Shahhaz Nahar, was from Gulshan in the capital. He was born on Sept 11, 1992. His NID number is 261106001006.
Matiur Rahman, son of Nasir Uddin and Khairunessa, hailed from Omarpur under Tala Upzaila in Sathkhira. He was born on Jan 1, 1992 and his NID is 870181000003.
Zobaer Hossain, son of Abdul Qyum and Ayera Begum, was from Maizdi of Noakhali. He was born on Jan 1, 1996. His NID is 750981000479.
Sazad Rauf Arka, son of Tawhid Rauf, hailed from Basundhara, Dhaka. His Bangladesh NID number is 262186000536. Born on 6 February 1992, Sazad is also a US citizen, police said.
Earlier, police decided that no bodies would be handed over to anyone without DNA tests.
Our Noakhali district correspondent adds: Zobaer Hossain, 22, was a second-year honours student of political science in Noakhali Government College.
According to family members, Zobaers neighbor Bahadur, who is a Jamaat leader, influenced him and led him to the path of militancy.
Golam Farque, cousin of Zobaer, said Bahadur used false names, including Abdullah Bahadur, Mohhamad Ali and Khalad Mohammad Ali. He was involved in various arson attacks during the BNP-Jamaat-led countrywide blockade.
Family members claimed that they filed a general diary with Sadar Police Station on 12 June about the disappearance of Zobaer.
Abdul Kaiyum, father of Zobaer, said, I was a supplier of safe drinking water in different hotels and restaurants. Ive three sons and two daughters. Zobaer was my elder son. I still cant believe that my son was a militant.
When contact, Noakhali SP Elais Sharif told The Independent that Zobaer and Bahadur were missing since 25 May.
Weve arrested five of Bahadurs family for interrogation. They are Bahadurs wife Shahada Akther, their daughter Lia, Bahadurs mother-in-law and father-in-law.
Sazad Rauf Arka, 24, was a student of North South University in Dhaka. Considering the photo published by police, I think its is my son Arka, Tawhid Rauf, father of Sazad Rauf Arka.
Replying to a question, Rauf said, Ill go to the Dhaka Medical College morgue to confirm the identity.
The name of Sazad Rauf Arka was in the updated missing list released by the Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) on July 25. He was second on the list. A police said that Arka had dual citizenship and he had a US passport.
According to the list, he has been missing since February 3 this year. Different sources told this correspondent that Arka was a close friend of Nibras Islam, one of the Gulshan attackers.
When asked about the identities of the deceased militants, DMP commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Miah said, Were getting huge response from people after publishing the photos online and in social media.
Were now verifying the information. Only after verifying the information, we shall disclose their identities, Miah said while addressing a programme at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
About the identities of the nine militants, DMP deputy commissioner Masudur Rahman, said, Weve received some information, and weve instructed the families concerned to come to the DMCH morgue to identify the bodies.
About the process of handing over the bodies of the militants, Rahman said that no bodies would be handed over to anyone before matching the DNA profiles.
