B`desh arrests three suspected LeT operatives

Anisur Rahman
Dhaka, Nov 13 (PTI) Bangladesh police overnight
arrested three suspected Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
operatives as part of a manhunt for militants who allegedly
plotted to attack the Indian High Commission and US embassy in
Dhaka, officials said.
"We arrested the three suspected LeT operatives last
night from (suburban) Tongi and Uttara area (of the capital
city) acting on a tip off," Deputy Commissioner of Police's
Detective Branch (DB) Monirul Islam told PTI.
He named the three as Abu Sufiyan, Mohammad Monwar and
Mohammad Zahid but could not confirm immediately if the three
or anyone of the three were Pakistani nationals.
The official said manhunts were underway for more
suspected LeT operatives as the DB police last week arrested
two suspected LeT and a Harkatul Jihad (HuJI) men suggesting
that they planned to attack the US and Indian High Commission.
Police earlier said the local operatives of LeT and
their Bangladeshi partner HuJI men received instructions from
LeT's high command in Pakistan over telephone while they
visited the Baridhara diplomatic enclave to chalk up the
attack plans.
"We have some evidence that they (three suspects)
planned to attack the US embassy and as part of the
preparatory works they visited its location at Baridhara area
to chalk up the detail plan," an official earlier told PTI.
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