Police have arrested two operatives of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) for their alleged involvement in crafting an assassination of filmmaker Khijir Hayat Khan, from the city's Banani area.
A squad of Counter Terrorism Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested two ABT men Md Amdadul Islam alias Mehedi Hasan (organizational name Sabuj alias Abu Salman alias Hujaifa), 30, and Abu Bakar (organizational name Fahim Abdullah, 20, from in front of a construction building at road no-25 in Banani.
Police personnel have found their involvement in planning to murder Khijir, who directed 'Mr Bangladesh' cinema as the arrestee Abu Bakar visited Cumilla residence of the latter at the directive of Amdadul.
The arrestees were produced before a Dhaka court with remand prayer in connection with a murder case with Banani Police Station.
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