Professor, 2 others arrested over links to Dhaka terror attack

July 17, 2016 11:45

Acting deputy vice chancellor of a private university has been arrested here along with two others for sheltering militants who carried out Bangladesh's worst terror attack at a cafe in which 22 people were killed by suspected Islamic State militants.

"North South University's acting pro-VC Gias Uddin Ahsan was arrested yesterday for renting out a flat to the attackers of Holey Artisan Bakery," said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Ahsan is the dean of NSU's School of Health and Life Sciences, according to the private university's website. Ahsan's nephew Alam Chowdhury and Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin, the manager of a house in Bashundhara Residential Area were also arrested. He said five militants who carried out the attack on the cafe on July 1 had taken shelter in the flat owned by Ahsan.

The police official said the other associates of the attackers fled the flat after the attack. Several cartons were seized from the flat.

Police suspect the cartons were used to keep the grenades used in the attack that left at least 20 hostages, including an Indian, and two policemen dead. Security forces killed six persons in the raid at the cafe to free hostages.

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