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| LeT men also targeted some dignitaries |
| 2009-11-10 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The suspected militants, recently rounded up from Chittagong for plotting attacks on US Embassy and Indian High Commission in Dhaka and some key installations, also targeted to attack several local dignitaries. The official investigating the plot by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to attack the US Embassy, told a Dhaka court yesterday about the new information gleaned from the arrestees -- Mufti Harun Izahar, son of Islami Oikya Jote leader Mufti Izaharul Islam, and Harun's associates Shahidul Islam and Al Amin alias Saiful. However, he declined to disclose any further information on the plan or about the targets. The official produced them before the court seeking seven days' fresh remand. But the court granted three days' remand each. Officials in the Detective Branch (DB) of police told The Daily Star they also have close link with militant outfits LeT and Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji). Meantime, detectives are looking for eight other suspected militants with whom arrested Mufti Harun had close contacts. "We have evidence on Harun's contact with those people, but it is not confirmed whether they were involved in the plot to attack US Embassy and Indian High Commission," said a DB investigator. DB officials said Harun, along with another suspect, did recce several times to devise an attack plan, instructed by LeT. The LeT had a plan to make the attacks in association with Huji men in Bangladesh. |
| Posted by:Fred |