DMP arrests ‘arms suppliers’ of Gulsan cafe attack

Police claims to have arrested arrest four persons who supplied arms and material for improvised explosive devices used in the Jul 1 Gulshan cafe attack.

Dhaka metro police spokesperson Md Masudur Rahman said the arrests were made from the capital’s Darus Salam area late on Wednesday by the counterterrorism unit, reports bdnews24.com.

The arrested are identified as Md Abu Taher, 37, Mizanur Rahman, 34, Md Selim Mia, 45 and Toufiqul Islam alias Dr Toufiq, 32.

All of them belong to banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), said Deputy Commissioner Rahman.