Tamim's 'deputy' killed in Dhaka raidA suspected militant has been killed in a raid on a house in Dhaka's Rupnagar on Friday night.The deceased suspected militant is identified as Murad, known as Major Murad, informed Detective Branch Additional Deputy Commissioner Sanwar Hossain.Murad is Neo-JMB leader Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury's 'second-in-command', he added.DB Joint Commissioner Abdul Baten said police raided the house at Road No 33 in Rupnagar Residential Area around 9:30pm on Friday.Syed Shaheed Alam, OC of Rupnagar Police Station, Inspector Shaheen Fakir and Sub-Inspector Md Momenur Rahman were also injured in the raid, Baten said.They were being treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, reports bdnews24.com.Police's counterterrorism unit chief Monirul Islam said Murad was the 'military trainer' of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).DB’s Sanwar said police found out about Murad in the investigations after the death of Tamim, the suspected mastermind of Gulshan cafe terror attack, in a raid on a house in Narayanganj on Aug 27.He said police raided the house in Rupnagar also on Thursday but found it locked. "We asked the landlord to inform us when the tenant returns. The landlord locked the house from outside and called police," Sanwar said. "He (Murad) stabbed police officers when they entered the house. He died after being hit by a bullet during a scuffle that ensued when he tried to flee," Sanwar added.

Source: bd News24 September 02, 2016 17:22 UTC