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| Bodies of 13 militants still at DMCH mortuary |
| 2016-09-06 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Bodies of 13 Lion of Islams, who were killed in Kalyanpur, Narayanganj and Mirpur raids, are still at the mortuary of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) The bodies still remain at the mortuaries basically for two reasons--the DMP authorities are yet to receive reports of various tests carried out on the bodies and family members are yet to claim those, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media wing) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Talking with the Dhaka Tribune, the DMP official said: "The reports of various tests carried out on the bodies of the 13 snuffies have not yet been received. We will take further decision after getting the test reports. "Moreover, no members from their families officially claimed the bodies. The authorities will finalise whether the bodies would be handed over to their families after receiving the test reports." DMCH forensic department Assistant Professor Dr Sohel Mahmud said: "The bodies of 13 Lion of Islams, who were killed during police raids in Kalyanpur, Narayanganj and Mirpur, are still at our morgue. "We have requested the DMP authorities to take necessary steps to take back the bodies of the snuffies as the mortuary’s normal activities are being hampered due to a dearth of space in it." Of the 13 Lion of Islams, nine were killed during police raid in the capital’s Kalyanpur area on July 26. Verifying their fingerprints with those in the Election Commission’s database, police identified eight of terrorists. They are‐Abdullah, Abu Hakim Nayeem, Taj-ul-Haque Rashiq, Atiquzzaman Khan, Shazad Rouf Arko, Md Motiar Rahman, Md Jubayer Hossain, Raihan Kabir. The remaining four bodies are of snuffies who were killed in Narayanganj and Rupnagar raids. Three Lion of Islams, including Tamim Chowdhury, the criminal mastermind of Gulshan attack, were killed in Narayanganj on August 27 while Tamim’s second-in-command Murad was killed at Rupnagar in Dhaka’s Mirpur area on September 2. On the other hand, the bodies of five Gulshan attackers are still at the morgue of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka. According to police source, the fingerprints of Gulshan attackers have also been verified. They have been identified as Nibras Islam, Rohan Imtiaz, Meer Sabeh Mubasheer, Khairul Islam Payel and Shafiqul Islam Ujjal. The body of chef Saiful Islam, who was first identified as one of the suspects, also remains at the CMH mortuary. When contacted, OC (Investigation) of Gulshan cop shoppe Salauddin told the Dhaka Tribune: "The six bodies are still at the mortuary of the CMH as none from the families of the five snuffies claimed those. "Only Saiful’s family verbally wanted to take his body, but they did not file any written application in this regard. We will help the family members if they want to take the body." |
| Posted by:Fred |