Rab resumes drive at Mirpur ‘militant hideout’

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have resumed their operation at the suspected militant hideout at Mirpur's Mazar Road in city.

Abdullah Al Mehedi, deputy director (Media) of Rab headquarters, said that bomb disposal unit of Rab has started searching inside the militant hideout around 9:15 am on Thursday whether explosives, including improvised explosive devices or IEDs remain there.

Earlier on Wednesday, the elite force recovered the skulls of seven people, including two women and two children, from the militant hideout.

A fire broke out in the hideout after the militants commenced a daring counterattack of bomb explosions and gunfire against the law enforcers on Tuesday night.

The militants carried out three massive explosions inside the building around 9:45 pm followed by three more blasts which led to a fire, leaving four Rab men injured with splinters.

Earlier, suspected militant Abdullah, son of late Mir Yusuf Ali of Chuadanga district, agreed to surrender along with his two wives, two children and two associates.

His mentally challenged sister Meherunnesa came out of the house.

Tipped off, a Rab team cordoned off the six-storey building on the south side of Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at 12:00 am on Tuesday.

Earlier, police arrested two suspected militants conducting a drive in Tangail district and got information about Abdullah from the arrestees.

Source: unb