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Holey Artisan attack: Explosive, fire arms supplier held

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Published: 05:01, 20 January 2019   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Holey Artisan attack: Explosive, fire arms supplier held

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the suspected arms supplier of the Gulshan Holey Artisan attack from Gazipur.

The detainee is identified as Md Mamunur Rashid alias Ripon alias Rezaul Karim.

Mamunur Rashid was one of the accused in the charge sheet of the attack. He was in possession of Tk 150,000 at the time of his arrest.

Mufti Mahmud Khan, RAB's Legal and Media wing director told risingbd.com that the law enforcer arrested him from Tongi area of Gazipur early Sunday.

Details will be disclosed later in this regard, he added.

On July 1, 2016, armed militants stormed the café in Gulshan's diplomatic zone and killed 20 hostages, most of them foreign nationals. Later, the joint forces conducted a commando drive and rescued 13 hostages’ alive killing six attackers.


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