Tanvir Kaderi, not Faisal, had radicalised Musa: Police

Law enforcement agencies have rejected the claim by family members that neo-JMB leader Maynul Islam had been radicalised by the Bahrain repatriate Faisal. Maynul was among the four killed in a suspected militant den in the Shibbari area of Sylhet. According to Maynul’s mother, Sufia Biwi, he was close to Faisal before becoming a militant. About Maynul’s, alias Musa’s, links with the neo-JMB’s top brass, additional deputy commissioner Sanowar Hossain Sunny told this correspondent yesterday (Tuesday) that he was actually radicalised by Tanvir Kaderi.
Musa was a neighbour of Tanvir, father of twins Afif and Tahrim Kaderi Jahid, in an apartment building at Sector-13 in Uttara, from January last year to February this year. He had close relations with him. Sanowar, whose brainchild is the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit, the only specialised unit to combat terrorism, said Musa used to teach Afif and Tahrim mathematics, English and science. Tanvir moved to Pallabi from Uttara, before renting the Bashundhara house from where the Gulshan café attack was coordinated.
Musa used to visit Tanvir’s Pallabi home and also discussed organisational plans with Afif, said Sanowar, who led most of the major anti-militant operations. Describing the beginning of Musa’s radicalisation, his mother said: “My son took me to his Uttara residence in the capital. There I saw Faisal and Maj. (retd) Jahid.” According to law enforcers, slain Maj (retd) Jahid had trained the Gulshan and Sholakia attackers.
Musa often told his mother to stay with him, but she refused because the doors and windows were always closed.
According to several officers of law enforcement agencies, after the killing of several top neo-JMB leaders, including  Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, Maj. (retd) Jahid and Tanvir Kaderi in separate operations in the capital and Narayanganj, Musa became the top leader of the terror outfit.
Sufia Biwi said: “My son told me several times that he would leave the country for Bahrain with Faisal for a job.” About Musa’s last visit to his village home, Buzrukkola of Gonipur union in Rajshahi district, she said: “After the death of my husband, Abul Kalam Azad, in December 2015, Musa went to collect money by selling six decimals of land. After getting Tk. 3 lakh by selling the piece of land, Musa told me that he was making final preparations to go to Bahrain.”
According to local sources, Musa passed his Secondary School Certificate exams from the Mochmoil High School, Higher Secondary from the Taherpur College in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi and then got admitted to the English department of Rajshahi Government College. One year later, he came to the capital and completed his master’s in English from Dhaka College in 2014. He got a job as a teacher at the Life School in the Uttara area of the capital.
Officials of the CTTC unit said Faisal and Musa had worked in the school. As Musa’s monthly salary was Tk. 14,000 only, he taught students privately. Law enforcers said Musa married his distant cousin, Trisha Moni, in 2016 and they were living together at the Uttara house. After the police cordoned off the Ashkona militant hideout in December last year, Musa told Trisha to wear a suicide vest and blow herself up along with their four-month-old baby daughter instead of surrendering to law enforcers. Trisha, however, refused as her motherly love for the baby stopped her from detonating the vest, she told CTTC officials after surrendering. Musa also instructed all other women present in the militant den to wear suicide vests and blow themselves up. Replying to a question, Musa’s mother said: “I had no communication with Musa after April.”

Tanvir Kaderi, not Faisal, had radicalised Musa: Police

Law enforcement agencies have rejected the claim by family members that neo-JMB leader Maynul Islam had been radicalised by the Bahrain repatriate Faisal. Maynul was among the four killed in a suspected militant den in the Shibbari area of Sylhet. According to Maynuls mother, Sufia Biwi, he was close to Faisal before becoming a militant. About Maynuls, alias Musas, links with the neo-JMBs top brass, additional deputy commissioner Sanowar Hossain Sunny told this correspondent yesterday (Tuesday) that he was actually radicalised by Tanvir Kaderi. Musa was a neighbour of Tanvir, father of twins Afif and Tahrim Kaderi Jahid, in an apartment building at Sector-13 in Uttara, from January last year to February this year. He had close relations with him. Sanowar, whose brainchild is the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit, the only specialised unit to combat terrorism, said Musa used to teach Afif and Tahrim mathematics, English and science. Tanvir moved to Pallabi from Uttara, before renting the Bashundhara house from where the Gulshan caf attack was coordinated. Musa used to visit Tanvirs Pallabi home and also discussed organisational plans with Afif, said Sanowar, who led most of the major anti-militant operations. Describing the beginning of Musas radicalisation, his mother said: My son took me to his Uttara residence in the capital. There I saw Faisal and Maj. (retd) Jahid. According to law enforcers, slain Maj (retd) Jahid had trained the Gulshan and Sholakia attackers. Musa often told his mother to stay with him, but she refused because the doors and windows were always closed. According to several officers of law enforcement agencies, after the killing of several top neo-JMB leaders, including Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, Maj. (retd) Jahid and Tanvir Kaderi in separate operations in the capital and Narayanganj, Musa became the top leader of the terror outfit. Sufia Biwi said: My son told me several times that he would leave the country for Bahrain with Faisal for a job. About Musas last visit to his village home, Buzrukkola of Gonipur union in Rajshahi district, she said: After the death of my husband, Abul Kalam Azad, in December 2015, Musa went to collect money by selling six decimals of land. After getting Tk. 3 lakh by selling the piece of land, Musa told me that he was making final preparations to go to Bahrain. According to local sources, Musa passed his Secondary School Certificate exams from the Mochmoil High School, Higher Secondary from the Taherpur College in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi and then got admitted to the English department of Rajshahi Government College. One year later, he came to the capital and completed his masters in English from Dhaka College in 2014. He got a job as a teacher at the Life School in the Uttara area of the capital. Officials of the CTTC unit said Faisal and Musa had worked in the school. As Musas monthly salary was Tk. 14,000 only, he taught students privately. Law enforcers said Musa married his distant cousin, Trisha Moni, in 2016 and they were living together at the Uttara house. After the police cordoned off the Ashkona militant hideout in December last year, Musa told Trisha to wear a suicide vest and blow herself up along with their four-month-old baby daughter instead of surrendering to law enforcers. Trisha, however, refused as her motherly love for the baby stopped her from detonating the vest, she told CTTC officials after surrendering. Musa also instructed all other women present in the militant den to wear suicide vests and blow themselves up. Replying to a question, Musas mother said: I had no communication with Musa after April.