CID found all sorts of horrible and strange objects from the madrasa after the explosion!

Special Correspondent

A massive explosion occurred at a madrasa in Hasnabad area of ​​South Keraniganj, Dhaka, around 10:30 am on Friday. The walls of two rooms on the west side of the one-story building of Ummal Kura International Madrasa were blown away. Four people, including a woman and a child, were injured. Police said bombs, chemicals and various bomb-making equipment were found at the scene.

The CID’s Crime Scene Unit has provided a list of the equipment it recovered from the scene.

These include – small steel balls used as splinters in bombs, high-powered pipe bombs, shotgun lead, gun powder, 400 liters of chemicals, electric drills, hammers, money counting machines, tip knives, handcuffs, spy cameras, extremist books, plastic penises, sex gel, glycerin, police belts, walkie-talkie chargers, and remote-controlled key rings.

The recovered bomb was later defused by the Bomb Disposal Unit in an empty area in the Jhilmil area under South Keraniganj Police Station.

Saiful Alam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of South Keraniganj Police Station, said that a bomb disposal team is working at the scene. The operation is underway. Bombs, flammable materials and bomb-making equipment have been recovered. A general diary (GD) has been filed at the police station in this incident. In addition, the crime scene team and bomb disposal team are working to uncover the real cause of the incident.

Eyewitness Zakir Hossain, a CNG-powered autorickshaw driver, said that suddenly, with a loud noise, a brick-like object hit his head. His head exploded and he bled profusely. He was later admitted to Ad-Din Medical College Hospital.

Police statement on the explosion incident

Dhaka District Police Superintendent Mizanur Rahman said that evidence has been found linking Al Amin Sheikh alias Rajib, a member of the banned militant organization JMB, to the blast at the madrasa building. He said at a press conference held yesterday that explosives and bomb-making activities were being carried out behind the scenes at the madrasa. Several explosives, bomb-making equipment and suspicious evidence were recovered from the scene after the blast.

He said, “In the initial investigation, we have confirmed that the director of the madrasa, Al Amin Sheikh, is an active member of the banned militant organization JMB. He is associated with the Tamim-Sarowar Group. Al Amin has been absconding since the incident. A drive is underway to arrest him. Three people, including Al Amin’s wife, Asia Begum, his elder brother’s wife, Yasmin Akhter, and a woman named Asmani Khatun, have been arrested in this incident. During interrogation, information was found about their involvement in bomb-making activities behind the scenes of the madrasa. Preparations are underway to file a case against the detainees under the Anti-Terrorism Act and Explosive Substances Act.”

The Superintendent of Police said that Al Amin has a past record of involvement in militancy. In 2017, RAB arrested him from the Baktavali area of ​​Fatullah police station in Narayanganj. At that time, firearms, bullets, explosives, jihadi books and leaflets were recovered from him. The incident is being investigated with great seriousness and the issue of carrying out militant activities under the cover of a madrasa is being investigated. The process of identifying others involved in the incident and bringing them to justice is underway.

Some sensational information

Who is behind the Ummal Qura International Madrasa? Under whom was the madrasa being run? The investigation has yielded some important information. The madrasa’s activities were conducted in three rooms on one side of the building. In a room on the other side, the madrasa’s Muhtami (Director) Sheikh Al Amin (32) and his family had been living for the past three years. 30-35 students were studying in the madrasa. Al Amin himself, his wife Acia Begum (28) and their three children, two sons Umayet (10) and Abdullah (7), were injured in the explosion. The injured are currently undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Building owner Parveen Begum said, Mufti Harun rented my house 3 years ago to build a madrasa. His brother-in-law Sheikh Al Amin and his wife Asia run the madrasa. But I couldn’t understand what they were doing behind the scenes of the madrasa. Now I see they have blown up the entire building. The police have recovered bomb-making equipment from inside in my presence.

This Mufti Harun Izhar was the former secretary of education and culture of Hefazat-e-Islam. At the same time, he is at the top level of several other extremist jihadi organizations. He has been arrested several times for his involvement in militancy. There have been bomb explosions in the madrasa he owns in Lalkhan Bazar, Chittagong before. That madrasa was run as a militant training center.

His father, Izharul Islam, is one of the top militant leaders in the subcontinent. This fierce militant leader, who fought in Afghanistan on behalf of the Taliban in the 1980s, trained thousands of militants in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. According to various international reports, Izharul was so skilled in making Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that he was considered a ‘guru’ in this field. Even the IEDs of his own invention were difficult to detect with the technology of that time. Harun Izhar is the worthy successor of that Izharul. He has spread his father’s teachings among numerous militants in the country.

Who is this Sheikh Al Amin?

Harun Izhar’s brother-in-law Sheikh Al Amin alias Rajib is a trained member of the internationally notorious militant organization JMB. In 2017, RAB arrested him from Narayanganj based on intelligence information for his involvement in militancy and sabotage activities. At that time, firearms, bullets, explosives, books, leaflets and various materials inciting militancy were recovered from him.

When this notorious militant was arrested, the extremists misled the common people by spreading various misinformation and rumors such as ‘drama’ by the Sheikh Hasina government, ‘harassment of scholars’, ‘oppression of Islamists’, etc. But now, when bomb-making equipment was recovered from the madrasa run by the militant Al Amin during the Yunus government, which is beloved by the extremists, is it possible to cover it up as ‘drama’?

After examining the explosives and other materials recovered from the madrasa after the explosion, members of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies said they found evidence of the making of a suicide vest.

The vests, similar to the explosive vests that militants wear inside their clothes to carry out suicide attacks, were being made in this madrasa. These vests can sometimes be controlled by an electronic switch in the wearer’s hand, or by remote control. When activated at a specific location, they are used to kill the wearer and, depending on the explosive’s power, the associated facility or the targeted person, and everyone in the vicinity.

The general public cannot even imagine how terrible a situation Bangladesh has found itself in. Such vicious militants did not get the opportunity to carry out such activities during the Awami League government.