Atia Mahal handed to residents

Police handed over the apartments of 'Atia Mahal' at Shibbari in Dakkhin Surma upazila to the respective residents on Tuesday, nearly 17 days after the inmates were evacuated from the building as Army Para Commando unit carried out 'Operation Twilight' there, reports UNB.
However, all of the residents were shifting to alternative residences as the building became unlivable after the operation and electricity, gas and water supplies were cut off, said owner of the house Untar Ali. Officer-in-Charge of Moglabazar Police Station Khairul Fazal said Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officially declared Atia Mahal free of explosives on Monday. "Later we sent the tenants inside the building according to the list and handed over their apartments," the OC added.

The ground and the first floors were damaged mostly while the top three floors remained almost unharmed.
Piali Chowdhury, who used to live in the apartment just in font of that of the militants, found nothing left in the rooms as the Army Para Commandos entered the building breaking the wall of her apartment.
Resident of an apartment on the ground floor Shamsundar Ghosh also lost everything. "I found nothing in my apartment. Every valuable purchase I made with the earnings of my whole life was spoiled. It is not possible to make those in the rest of my life," Ghosh, an animal doctor by profession, lamented.
Housewife Shirin Aktar of the first floor said all household objects of her apartment, including the television and refrigerator, were demolished. "Even someone took money concealed under the mattress and cutting the clay-made bank. A wallet was lying on the floor but there was no money in it," she said.
However, Rabiul Islam, a resident of the fourth floor, said he found all his household valuables unharmed. 
Contacted, OC Khairul said there is no possibility of finding anything in the ground floor but equally there is no chance of anything from the top floors not being found.
"Even I didn't allow any policeman to enter the building before the residents. We will enter the building once they leave it along with their valuables.
The Army-led operation, 'Operation Twilight', began on 25 March although police launched the raid on the militant den early hours of 24 March last.
Army Para Commandos found the bodies of four militants, including that of a female one, at militant den Atia Mahal on 27 March and declared the operation ended.
Later, RAB'S dog squad and bomb disposal unit conducted the operation to clear Atia Mahal, detecting the existing explosives in the building and defusing those.

Atia Mahal handed to residents

Police handed over the apartments of Atia Mahal at Shibbari in Dakkhin Surma upazila to the respective residents on Tuesday, nearly 17 days after the inmates were evacuated from the building as Army Para Commando unit carried out Operation Twilight there, reports UNB. However, all of the residents were shifting to alternative residences as the building became unlivable after the operation and electricity, gas and water supplies were cut off, said owner of thehouse Untar Ali. Officer-in-Charge of Moglabazar Police Station Khairul Fazal said Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officially declared Atia Mahal free of explosives on Monday. Later we sent the tenants inside the building according to the list and handed over their apartments, the OC added. The ground and the first floors were damaged mostly while the top three floors remained almost unharmed. Piali Chowdhury, who used to live in the apartment just in font of that of the militants, found nothing left in the rooms as the Army Para Commandos entered the building breaking the wall of her apartment. Resident of an apartment on the ground floor Shamsundar Ghosh also lost everything. I found nothing in my apartment. Every valuable purchase I made with the earnings of my whole life was spoiled. It is not possible to make those in the rest of my life, Ghosh, an animal doctor by profession, lamented. Housewife Shirin Aktar of the first floor said all household objects of her apartment, including the television and refrigerator, were demolished. Even someone took money concealed under the mattress and cutting the clay-made bank. A wallet was lying on the floor but there was no money in it, she said. However, Rabiul Islam, a resident of the fourth floor, said he found all his household valuables unharmed. Contacted, OC Khairul said there is no possibility of finding anything in the ground floor but equally there is no chance of anything from the top floors not being found. Even I didnt allow any policeman to enter the building before the residents. We will enter the building once they leave it along with their valuables. The Army-led operation, Operation Twilight, began on 25 March although police launched the raid on the militant den early hours of 24 March last. Army Para Commandos found the bodies of four militants, including that of a female one, at militant den Atia Mahal on 27 March and declared the operation ended. Later, RABS dog squad and bombdisposal unit conducted the operation to clear Atia Mahal, detecting the existing explosives in the building and defusing those.