Sylhet: Two of the four bodies of militants, found at militant den Atia Mahal at Shibbari in Dakkhin Surma upazila in Sylhet on Monday, are presumed to be of Morjina and Kawser Ali.

Sylhet Metropolitan Police official said two of the militants rented the house introducing themselves as Morjina and Kawser. Morjina also submitted a copy of his national ID card.

However, police are now verifying their identities.

Meanwhile, a four-member medical team, led by Dr Shamsul Alam, of Osmani Medical College and Hospital, started the autopsy of the two militants, including the woman, at about 12:15pm.

Besides, the army commandoes recovered the bodies of two other suspected militants from the building in the morning.

Later, a bomb disposal unit removed suicidal vest from their bodies, said Rokon Uddin, additional commissioner of the SMP.

The process for handing over the bodies to police is underway, he said.

The bodies of the four militants, including three of men and one of a woman, were found at the militant den on Monday evening.

Two of the bodies were handed over to police while two others lying on the ground floor of the building with suicidal vests.

The bodies have been kept at Osmani Medical College Hospital, said SM Rokon Uddin, additional Police Commissioner of SMP.

Brigedier Gen Fakhrul Ahsan, spokesperson of the operation, ‘Twilight,’ said at a press conference near Aita Mahal around 7:30pm on Monday that their operation is still on and it may take further time to conclude it.

Fakhrul said, ‘We aren’t concluding the operation right now as there’s a process to do that. The search is still on. CID’s Crime Scene unit will arrive at the spot after the search.’

The Army‐led operation, ‘Operation Twilight’, began on Saturday morning although police launched the raid on the militant den early on Friday.