Five suspected ‘extremists’ held in Dhaka

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Five suspected ‘extremists’ held in Dhaka

A special team of Anti-Terrorism Unit arrested five members of a family at Rupnagar in Mirpur following an exchange of gunfire early Saturday for their suspected involvement in extremism.
Three policemen and a suspected extremist were reportedly injured during the exchange of gunfire.
The arrested are Ahmed Ali, 57, his wife Salma Ahmed, 50, their son Jakaria 35, and Kibria, 30 and daughter Asma Ferdous Dipa, 25.
Mohiduzzaman, superintendent of police, ATU headquarters (Media and PR), said tipped off, a special team of ATU conducted a drive in a house of the area around 1:30am.
Police knocked the door for a long time but they didn’t open it.
At one stage, they opened the door and swooped on police with sharp weapon, leaving three cops injured, the SP added.
Jakaria was shot and injured as police fired gunshot in self-defence, he said. Jakaria was admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital while the three injured cops were admitted to Rajarbag Police Lines Hospital, he added.