Gulshan attack: Hasnat,Tahmid held

Police have arrested Hasnat Karim and Tahmid Hasib Khan for their alleged involvement with the Gulshan restaurant attack.

Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman confirmed the matter to Samakal.

“Hasnat Karim was held from Gulshan area while Tahmid Hasib was held from Bashundhara residential area at around 8:45pm last night,” he said.

Twenty hostages -- nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian, one Bangladeshi American and two Bangladeshis -- were killed in the terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan on July 1.


Besides, two senior police officers-Banani Police Station officer-in-charge Salauddin Ahmed Khan and Detective Branch assistant commissioner Robiul Islam were killed when they tried to rescue the hostages.

Hasnat Karim, a former teacher of North South University and UK citizen, and Tahmid Hasib, a student of a university in Toronto, were witness to the bloody carnage inside the restaurant.  

Both-- Hasnat Karim and Tahmid Hasib -- were “under surveillance” of the law enforcers, Additional Commissioner of DMP and chief of Counter-Terrorism unit Monirul Islam.