Police first identified him as 'Murad' alias 'Omar' aka 'Jahangir', but it has emerged that he is Mohammad Jahidul Islam, son of a former police inspector from Comilla. Jahidul's brother Jahirul Islam, a salesman at an electronics shop in Dhaka, told bdnews24.com on Sunday that his brother was a Major. Born in Canada, Tamim hails from Sylhet's Biyanibazar. Jahidul's father Nurul Islam also hails from Sylhet, according to Comilla Superintendent of Police Shah Abid Hossain. Locals in Comilla said Nurul had told them Jahid had gone to Canada leaving the army.

Source: bd News24 September 04, 2016 17:26 UTC