Bangla cafe attack mastermind's aide arrested

September 29, 2016 21:27

A member of a banned Islamist militant outfit who is a close aide of Bangladesh cafe attack mastermind Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury has been arrested by a counter-terrorism unit here.

Salauddin Kamran, 30, a member of the Neo-Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, was arrested yesterday and during investigation, he told police that he was close to Abu Hakim, a militant killed in the Kallyanpur raid on July 25, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Masudur Rahman said.

Kamran said he came to Dhaka in May, after joining the militant group, and was trained in Paikpara area by now-detained militant suspect Rakibul Hasan Regan.

Kamran was also close to killed militant Tamim Chowdhury and other top ranks of the New-JMB, the Dhaka Tribune

reported.

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