Akash’s link to Gulshan attack not found: DMP

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah said no evidence of terror link has been found against the Bangladeshi businessman who was deported by the Malaysian authorities on September 2.

The DMP boss made the disclosure while talking to reporters at a debate programme at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) at Tejgaon in the capital.

Piyar Ahmed Akash, was a wanted criminal in an arms case in Feni. No evidence of terrorist link to Gulshan attack has been found against him, the DMP Commissioner said.

Asaduzzaman Miah said, “We requested Interpol for arresting Akash, who went there four-five years back despite arrest warrant against him. On its red notice, Malaysia authorities deported him early this month.”

“Even Malaysia hasn’t informed us formally or officially about such details. But we will look into the matter,” he added.

Akash was accused in two arms cases around 11 years back. He was made an accused in the cases filed with Feni Sadar Police Station and Sudharam Police Station in Noakhali in 2005 for stealing two AK-47 rifles from 10 truckloads of sophisticated weapons seized in Chittagong on April 2, 2004.

Akash from Nayanpur village of Dagon Bhuiyan upazila in Feni was arrested by law enforcers with an AK-47 rifle on September 18, 2005. Later, he came out of prison on bail and fled to Malaysia in 2007.

risingbd/Dhaka/Sep 24, 2016/Maksud/Amirul