Operation ends at Jhenidah militant den
Shamim coordinator
of Neo JMB
Staff Reporter
Operation Subtle Split conducted by law enforcers, including the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, at a suspected militant den at Lebutala village in Sadar upazila concluded at about 1.30 PM yesterday.
The drive was postponed on Sunday afternoon when the law enforcers seized eight bombs and a nine mm pistol. They arrested a young man Shamim form the house during the raid, said officer in charge of Jhenidah police station Harendra Nath Sarker.
He said, the drive was resumed at about 10.30 am yesterday morning by the CTTC and its bomb disposal unit where the deputy inspector general of police in Khulna Range Didar Ahmed was leading the drive, was concluded at about 1.30 PM.
Didar Ahmed, deputy inspector general (DIG) (Khulna Range), said the law enforcers resumed their operation at the militant den owned by one Sharafat Mandal yesterday morning and ended the drive in the afternoon. The law enforcers kept the house cordoned off since Sunday. They also arrested Shamim Hossain, son of Sharafat Mandal,from the house on Sunday. Shamim was a coordinator of local unit Neo JMB, said the DIG.
Seven grenades, a bomb, one pistol, six rounds of bullets and some devices were also recovered from the house, he said.
Earlier, two suspected militants were killed during a raid by CTTC unit on a militant hideout at Bajrapur in Maheshpur upazila on Sunday.
