Militant den’s caretaker, his wife detained

The detainees are Osman Gani, 59, younger brother of the house owner, and his wife Salma Begum, 35, said Inspector Mominul Islam of Gazipur Special Branch of police yesterday. “They have been on the run since the raid and were detained early today [yesterday]. They will be produced before court,” he told the Dhaka Tribune. The building is owned by Osman’s brother Solaiman Miah, who lives in Saudi Arabia. In his absence, Osman, a former teacher of Jangalia Senior Fazil Madrasa in the district’s Kaliganj upazila, looked after the house and dealt with the tenants. The CTTC unit conducted a drive in the house on Saturday in which seven militants were killed. Police also recovered three small arms and locally-made sharp weapons from the house during the raid. Dead bodies of 9 militants sent to Dhaka The dead bodies of nine militants, who were killed in two separate anti-militant raids in Gazipur on Saturday, have been sent to Dhaka for post-mortem examination and identification, police said. Three ambulances carrying the bodies started from Gazipur Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College around 4:45pm and reached Dhaka Medical College around 8:45pm yesterday. Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune, Joydebpur police station OC Khandaker Rezaul Hasan Reza said the bodies would be stored at Dhaka Medical College morgue after the post-mortem examinations. Seven of the militants were killed during the CTTC raid in Patartek, while the other two were killed during a raid conducted by RAB in Harinal Paschimpara area. Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police has released the photos of Patartek militants on their Facebook page and urged people to help in identifying them. Posted on Facebook on Sunday, the DMP message reads: “On October 8, 2016, seven militants were killed in a gunfight with police in Patartek, Gazipur. “Based the information that we found during investigation and on the anti-militant raids, we know that the militants use different aliases in different places and times. It is essential for us to find out their real identity for the sake of the investigation. If anyone happens to know any of these militants, they are requested to forward the information to police via Gazipur police, the DMP Facebook page, or the Hello CT app.”