Main killer of Avijit Roy, Xulhas Mannan identified

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Published : 15:43, Jun 15, 2018 | Updated : 15:43, Jun 15, 2018

CTTC is moves to arrest these for extremists.Police have identified the extremist who led the killing of blogger Avijit Roy, USAID official Xulhas Mannan and other secular writers.
Tk 5 lakh bounty has already been offered for Selim, a leader of the Ansar Al Islam high command as he also led the killing operations of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipon, blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay and Washiqur Rahman, and online activist Nazim Uddin Samad.
An official of the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC)Unit seeking anonymity said they are looking for four extremists including Selim.
He said: we believe they are the members of Askari unit of Ansar Al Islam and involved in killings of the bloggers.
The police found their pictures recently when they were investigating different blogger murder cases, he said.
“We have only identified Selim and also trying to get information about the others,” he added.
CTTC Deputy Commissioner Mohibul Islam Khan, confirming it, said, “We are looking for these four extremists. They went into hiding but took part in several killing operations.”
The law enforcing agencies are of the view that terrorist outfit Ansar Al Islam have regrouped and started targeted killing operation again.
Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC)unit chief Monirul Islam on Friday morning said, “We feel that Ansar Al Islam has started targeted killing operations again. We are conducting raids on a regular basis to nab its leader major Zia.”

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