N’ganj house owner to be quizzed for concealing tenant info
Narayanganj: A Narayanganj court on Monday granted police three days to quiz Paikpara house owner Nuruddin Dewan, arrested over concealing information about three tenants, including Gulshan café attack mastermind Tamim Chowdhury.
Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order after police placed Nuruddin before the court seeking seven days for interrogating him after he was shown arrested under Section 54 of the CrPC, reports UNB.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)'s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit unearthed a New JMB's den on the third floor of a three-storey building at Paikpara beside Boro Koborsthan on early hours of Saturday.
A joint team from CTTC unit, police headquarters and Narayanganj district police jointly carried out the operation titled ‘Operation Hit Strong 27.’
Three militants, including Gulshan café attack mastermind Tamim Chowdhury, were killed in a gunfight with the joint team as the militants hurled grenades at and opened fire on the law enforcers during the operation.
Later, a team of Sadar Police Station arrested 10 people, including the house owner, from the area on the day and later released nine people, except Nuruddin.
Police also filed a case against Nuruddin with the sadar police station for concealing information about the tenants.