Tk 20 lakh bounty for 2 militant masterminds

Police on Tuesday offered Tk 20 lakh bounty each for the capture of Bangladesh-Canadian man Tamim Chowdhury and Army-fired Major Zia for masterminding the recent militant incidents in the country, reports the UNB.

 

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque announced the reward at a press briefing at the Police Headquarters in the capital.

 

The bounty offer came in the wake of the two militant attacks--one at Holey Artisan Café in Dhaka’s Gulshan and another near Sholakia Eid congregation-- that left 21 people killed and a special raid on a militant den in the city’s Kalaynpur last month where nine suspected militants were shot to death by law enforcers.

 

Two police officers were also killed by militants at the 10-hour siege at the Gulshan restaurant and five militants and a café staff, on suspicion, were killed in a commando operation. 

 

The attack at Sholakia also left two police officers killed and law enforcers shot a suspected militant to death in the incident.