Security personnel kill two militants in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct 8: Two suspected militants were killed on Saturday during a raid by an anti-terrorism unit on a hideout in Bangladesh’s Gazipur city. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) spokesperson Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the deaths to bdnews24.com, but did not disclose their identities. Security forces had surrounded a house in west Haril area in Gazipur district since early Saturday.

A senior official said one AK 47 rifle, bomb making material, one laptop, a locally-made sharp weapon and some bullets were seized. Locals said the militants had rented the recently constructed house a month ago. The unit’s senior officer, Additiol Deputy Commissioner Sanowar Hossain, told bdnews24.com that they acted on a tip-off about the presence of ‘Neo-JMB’ Dhaka region commander Akash in that location. Meanwhile, law enforcers were exchanging gunfire with alleged militants in another raid on a two-storey house in Pathartek area of Gazipur, the Daily Star quoted Harunur Rashid, police superintendent of the district, as saying. (IANS)