Police pick up Akayed’s family for quizzing

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh police picked up the family members of New York subway blast suspect Akayed Ullah from a residence in Dhaka for quizzing them on Tuesday.

Police sources said that Akayed's wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law were taken to Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) from their residence on Moneshwar Road in Jigatala area.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam said that Akayed’s wife Jannatul Ferdous Jui, father-in-law Julfikar Haidar and mother-in-law Mahfuza Akhtar were taken to CTTC for questioning. However, he did not say anything in details in this regard. 

According to the police, Akayed got married in Jigatala three years ago. His father-in-law is an employee of a shop in city’s Bashundhara shopping mall.


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