Jessore: Khadiza, sister of top ‘Neo JMB’ leader Nurul Islam Marzan, who allegedly coordinated the Gulshan café attack, is staying inside the suspected militant den at the municipality area of Jessore, claim police.

A team of law enforcer cordoned off the four-storey building behing Ghop Noapara road Jame mosque at the city at about 10:00pm.

The Jessore superintendent of police (SP) Anisur Rahman said they are confirmed about the information that militant Marzan’s sister is inside the hideout. Police asked the militant suspects to surrender before them. The law enforcers will take further action if the suspected militants do not surrender.

However, the residents at the suspected militant den were shifted to safe place.

The Kotwali Police Station officer-in-charge ATM Ajmal Huda said tipped off that the militants are staying in the house, a team of police cordoned off a house in the area around 10:00pm on Sunday.

The house owner, Haider Ali, said being informed by a relative he went to his residence at about 4:00am on Monday. However, the police officials did not let him enter into the house.

Haider added, two families rented his house while he along with his family member stays at an adjacent house. He said Moshiur Rahman, along with his wife and three children, rented a flat at the second floor of his house. They have been living there for around a year.

Police is claiming Moshiur Rahman as a suspected militant. He is a resident of Kushtia. 

The anti-terrorism operation began after a team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) reached the spot from Dhaka.

The Jessore Additional superintendent of police (ASP) told reporters SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) members cordoned off the building.