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Funds for Gulshan, Sholakia attacks came from Middle East
[Dhaka Tribune] Police are now certain that the money used to finance the deadly terror attacks in Gulshan, Dhaka and Sholakia, Mymensingh came from the Middle East, said Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam, chief of police’s Counterterrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit.

Speaking at a press briefing at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Centre yesterday afternoon, he said the money came to Bangladesh via hundi transactions and the person who received it has been identified.

Police are also confirmed that the firearms used in the attacks entered Bangladesh through the Indian border, but they have yet to determine the source country, the CTTC chief said.

Asked about the source of the money, Monirul said they are not sure whether it originated from the Middle East, or someone from here sent it to the Middle East and had it sent back in order to throw off suspicion.

During investigation, police learnt about a single transaction of around Tk14 lakh
...lakh translates as 100,000, so that's 1.4 million Bangladeshi Taka, and 1 Bangkadeshi Taka = US$0.0128, so about US$17,920...
which was mostly spent to buy guns and renting flats for the attackers, he said.

Names of bandidos snuffies Rajib Gandhi, Marjan and Basharuzzaman also came up during investigation; police are looking for them.

Monirul said Rajib Gandhi alias Shubhash Gandhi alias Shanto, whose real identity has not been confirmed yet, is a commander of the new faction of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the northern region of the country who supplied with two experienced attackers in Gulshan and one in Sholakia.

Police have yet to ascertain whether Holey Artisan Bakery chef Saiful Islam Chowkidar and waiting staff Jakir Hossain Shaon, both of whom died in the attack, were involved with the attackers as no evidence of their involvement has been found yet.

Meawhile, police sources said they had information that two local businesses ‐ Al Sakina Catering House in Uttara, Dhaka and Biswas Hatcheries in Mymensingh ‐ supposedly provided money to Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, the criminal criminal mastermind of Gulshan attack.

An employee of Biswas Hatcheries was a close acquaintance of Tamim’s and gave him Tk50,000
... so Tk50,000 is a bit less than $640 if I didn't mislay something critical...
per month for a few months, the sources said. Police are now looking for this employee.

Besides, Tanveer Quaderi, who did away with himself to avoid arrest during Azimpur raid, allegedly had a flat in Uttara which he sold to finance militancy, the sources added.

However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
 none of this information has been confirmed by the officials of police.
Posted by: Fred 2016-09-20
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