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| Bogra terrorists’ families want bodies back |
| 2016-07-11 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The families of Shafiqul Islam Ujjal and Khairul Islam Payel, the two young men from Bogra who carried out the Gulshan terrorist attack, are waiting to bury their sons. "I ask forgiveness from everyone for my son’s actions. I struggled hard to put him through school. I never imagined in my dreams that he would become a terrorist," Ujjal’s mother Asia Begum told news hounds at her home in Dhunat’s Baniajan Chalishpara village yesterday. "And I beg for my son’s dead body," she added. Ujjal and Payel are among the five Ujjal’s neighbours described him as a religious, honest and talented boy and said they were shocked by his violent actions. The family had no idea how he had turned into an hard boy. A family member said Ujjal was the youngest of local farmer Badiuzzaman’s three sons. He graduated from Gosaibari Degree College in 2011 and began working at a kindergarten school in Ashulia, Dhaka. He used to send money to the family every month and used to preach religion whenever he came home. Asia Begum said Ujjal left home six months ago to attend a Chilla (a religious gathering) and then did not contact them again. On the morning of July 4, she recognised him from photos being shown on the TV. In the afternoon police took her elder son and husband to Dhaka to identify the body. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, Gloria slowly backed away from the eight-foot bull frog. If the creature croaked she would surely be deafened... police officials said DNA samples had been collected from Ujjal’s father Badiuzzaman, brother Asadul Islam and Payel’s parents Abul Hossain and Piyara Begum. Abul and Piyara were picked up by detective police from their home in Brikushtia Dakkhinpara village on July 3. Dhunat Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mizanur Rahman said both families returned to Bogra from Dhaka before Eid. On July 6, Bogra police identified one of the Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in April with an AK-22 rifle, the same weapon used in the Gulshan attack. Payel passed his Dakhil exams in 2014 from Bihigram DU Central Fazil Madrasa. Ujjal on the other hand graduated from a local degree college and was teaching at a school. |
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