Police have arrested four people in connection with the crude bomb explosion in the offices of Divisional Commissioner and Returning Officer in Segunbagicha in the capital on November 30 and arson at 21 spots of the city.
The arrested are- Ashiqur Rahman Panna, former joint secretary of Sechchasebak Dal, Paltan chapter; Shafiqul, Sumon Hossain Roni and Billal Hossain.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Khandaker Mohid Uddin informed this at a press conference held at DMP’s media centre at Minto Road in the capital on Wednesday.
He said after analysing the CCTV footage, police identified the accused. According to that, a team from Ramna model police station conducted raids in the Paltan and Mugda areas of the capital and the Gajaria area of Munshiganj on Tuesday and arrested them.
He said during primary interrogation Panna and Shafiqul admitted their involvement in exploding in crude bombs at the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner’s office and Returning Officer’s office on November 30 and four other places in Ramna and Motijheel areas of the capital.
He said after those incident, Ramna police collected and analysed the CCTV footage of the incident and started an investigation.
He said police found out Ashikur Rahman Panna threw a crude bomb from the roof of the National Revenue Building, located next to the Divisional Commissioner’s office.
Panna used the stairs of to climb to the roof of the building alone with a red-and-white shopping bag and exited the building empty-handed after hurling the bomb, he said.
Panna was arrested conducting raids after confirming his identity and later, according to Panna’s information, police arrested Shafiqul Islam from Chamelibagh, Paltan.
