Five of a family held in city over ‘militant link’; 4 hurt

 A special team of Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) arrested five members of a family at Rupnagar in Mirpur early Saturday for their suspected involvement in militant activities.

The arrestees 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 1:30 am.

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 Hospital while the three injured cops were admitted to Rajarbag Police Lines Hospital, he added.