Watch: Operation Hit Strong 27 rocks Narayanganj

The flat on the second floor of the three-storey building was rented out in July to three people who claimed to have been working in a medicine company, said house owner Nuruddin Dewan. Witness Nasiruddin, cousin of the house owner, said: “An official of the Detective Branch of police approached us around 8:15am and asked us to stay indoors as they would be conducting a raid in the building. We heard some brisk firing around 9am and by 9:30am it almost became a war zone."