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| ‘Gulshan attack rifles were made in West Bengal’ |
| 2016-11-01 |
[Dhaka Tribune] The assault rifles used in the terror attack on Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery were made in West Bengal with the help of Pak gunsmiths, said a terrorist locked awayPlease don't kill me! by Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police. The terrorist, one of the six who were arrested in September in connection with Khagragarh kaboom, made the confession to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India, the Times of India reported on Saturday. The deadly terror attack left 23 people dead, including two coppers and 17 foreigners. The five faceless myrmidons were also killed during the rescue operation. Earlier, Sherlocks of Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit of Bangladesh Police said they had learnt that the rifles entered Bangladesh through the Indian border, and they notified the NIA in this regard. "We learnt this during our investigation of Gulshan attack. Now we will communicate with the NIA before we decide on our next steps regarding the investigation," CTTC chief Monirul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune on Saturday. According to the arrested terrorist, Pak tribal gunsmiths clandestinely visited Malda district of West Bengal to train gunsmiths from Munger, who set up base in the border district to make AK-22 assault rifles. These weapons were then smuggled into Bangladesh via Chapainawabganj. NIA Sherlocks suspect that the Paks who conducted the training were from the Darra Adam Khel community that resides in a village located between Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. and Kohat. The community is believed to regularly help the Taliban in duplicating modern weapons. "We are not sure yet, but the language they mentioned is spoken in and around the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... province of Pakistain where the village is located," a senior NIA officer said. If expert gunsmiths did come from Darra Adam Khel to train men in Malda, investigation agencies have reasons to worry. These Pak tribals can copy nearly any weapon ‐ from pen pistols and hand-grenades to automatic rifles and anti-aircraft guns. Darra gunsmiths are said to have the ability to duplicate any new rifle within 10 days. Earlier, CTTC chief Monirul categorically mentioned Munger in connection with the rifles, which prompted Bihar police to launch an investigation into the matter, the Times of India reported. "The Bihar police in a communique to Bengal police has confirmed that the arms manufacturers and smugglers had set up units in Malda and other places in Bengal," said an STF officer. |
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