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Probe report in Ashkona militant den raid case Oct 9

A court here today set October 9 to submit probe report in a case lodged under anti-terror act over law enforcing agency’s raid at a militant den in capital’s Ashkona area in 2016, reports BSS. 

Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Aminul Huq passed the order as investigation agency Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police failed to submit the report today.

CTTC conducted the raid “Operation Ripple 24” at a militant hideout in Ashkona, in capital’s Uttarkhan area on December 24, 2016.

Two militants were killed and another two female militants surrendered during the incident.

Dakkhinkhan Police Station sub-inspector Shahinul Islam filed the case against nine persons the next day. 

The accused are Zebennuhar Shila, Trisha Moni, Shakira, Samina, Afifa Kaderi, Mainul Islam, Rashedur Rahman, Selim and Firoz.