‘Rented the flat as online businessman’
Four people including wife and daughter of slain Neo JMB military commander Major (retd) Jahidul Islam surrendered to police during a raid at a suspected militant den at Purbapara of Ashkona of Dhaka’s Dakkhin Khan on Saturday, December 24, 2016. Three more suspects are still inside a ground floor flat of the building. Photo courtesy: DMP
Concealing their identities, the militants rented the ground floor of the three-storey Surja Villa on Mashjid Road in Dakkhin Khan’s Ashkona area five months ago.
The owner of the house, Jamal Uddin, is an expatriate currently living in Kuwait, his daughter Jonaki told The Daily Star.
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A man named Imtiaz Ahmed rented the flat five months ago saying he is an online businessman, Jonaki said.
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For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Imtiaz along with his wife, child and younger sister used to live there since then, she said.
A large number of law enforcers stands guard as police continue raid on December 24, 2016 on Mashjid Road in Dakkhin Khan’s Ashkona area. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
Their tenant information forms were already submitted to the local police, she said.
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