In a fresh move to counter terrorism, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has released photographs and identities of six suspected militants of banned Ansarullah Bangla Team involved in the spate of targeted killings recently.

 

Media and Public Relations Division of DMP released the information of the six militants along with their photos on its website Thursday evening, with the aim of drawing support from the public in catching them, news agency UNB reports.

 

The militants carry rewards of Tk 2-5 lakh for information leading to their arrest.

 

The Detective Branch of DMP has been investigating the cases of blogger, writer and publisher killings over the last three years giving. The DB unearthed militant dens being used as bases for the killing missions in Badda and Mohammadpur of capital Dhaka on February 19 this year, said Deputy Commissioner (Media) of DMP Maruf Hossain Sarder.

 

The detectives also arrested two members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from the Badda den. One DB Inspector was injured in militant attack during the drive. Later, the DB also discovered two more militant dens at Ashkona and Dakkhinkhan in the capital.

 

From the information gathered during these drives, or revealed by arrested militants, the DB got names and pictures of the six militants: Shariful alias Sharif alias Saleh alias Hadi, a top organizer of ABT hailing from Greater Khulna; Selim alias Iqbal alias Ilias alias Mamun alias Hadi-2 from North Bengal; Sifat alias Samir alias Imran, one of the commanders of the military wing of ABT; Abdus Samad alias Sujan alias Raju alias Salman alias Saad from Comilla; Shihab alias Sumon alias Syful from Chittagong; and Sajjad alias Sajib alias Siam alias Shams from a district adjacent to Dhaka.

 

The DMP also announced bounties of Tk 5 lakh for information leading to arrest of Shariful and Selim, and Tk 2 lakh for the other four.

 

People are requested to give information secretly calling the following numbers: 0171337394, 01713373198, 01713373206.