3 charred bodies found inside Mirpur militant den

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered three dead bodies after searching a room of the militant hideout in Mazar Road area of capital's Mirpur. 

Mufti Mahmud Khan, RAB Director (Legal and Media), on Wednesday noon said three charred bodies were found inside a room after searching.

"We cannot determine whether the bodies are of male or female as those are badly burnt" he said. 

Searching inside the militant hideout is continuing, he added.

Earlier, in the day law enforcers resumed their operation around 9:30am at the militant den after overnight massive explosions and exchange of gunfire. 

Fire fighters rushed to the spot as 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. 

Mufti Mahmud Khan said the militants carried out three massive explosions inside the building around 9:45pm on Tuesday followed by three more blasts which led to a fire, leaving four RAB men injured with splinters.

“It might be chemical firing,” he said, adding that casualties could be known after entering the building once the fire is doused.

Suspected militant Abdullah agreed to surrender along with his two wives, two children and two associates between 7:30 pm and 8pm, Mahmud told a press conference in front of the building on Tuesday evening.

RAB members cordoned off the house around 12:00am on Tuesday suspecting it as a militant hideout. 

Tipped off, a RAB team cordoned off the six-storey building on the south side of Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Unu Mong, also operation officer of RAB-4.

Earlier, police arrested two suspected militants conducting a drive in Tangail district. The arrested militants gave information about Abdullah.