Dhaka, Jan 14 – Police arrested an alleged mastermind of Gulshan terror from Tangail district early Saturday. The arrestee was identified as Gandhi.Manirul Islam, Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and chief of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, said tipped off, a CTTC team conducted a drive in Tangail and arrested Gandhi in the dead of night.
Details of the drive will be disclosed at a press briefing later, Manirul added.
Twenty hostages, including 17 foreign nationals, were killed by militants at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan area of the capital on July 1 last. Later on the following day, five of attackers and one suspected associate of the attackers were killed during a commando operation inside the café. – UNB
