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| 'I work for the satisfaction of Allah,' bank robber tells police |
| 2015-06-02 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The thirty-five year old "operation commander" of the Bangladesh Commerce Bank robbery in Ashulia that left nine people dead and more than 20 maimed says he did it all for God. Shamim alias Sumon, 35, a leader of the outlawed hard boy outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, justified the extremely violent April 21 bank heist as piety, a district high official, requesting not to be named, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday. "I do not do anything, including the robbery, for myself, Sir. I do not even work for the organization for myself ... I work for the satisfaction of Allah," Mahfuzul Islam Shamim, the head of the gang that robbed the Ashulia Commerce Bank was quoted by police as saying. When the official asked the suspect whether such acts are mentioned in the holy texts, Shamim put his head down and would not answer, the official said. District police jugged Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! Shamim in the capital late on Saturday night. On April 21, armed criminals robbed the Kathgora branch of Bangladesh Commerce Bank located in the Ashulia industrial area near Dhaka, killing nine people. More than 20 others sustained bullet and splinter wounds when the robbers opened fire and set off bombs while escaping. One of the robbers was lynched and two others were handed over to police by a local mob. Police have so far made 11 arrests in the robbery investigation. Nazmul Hasan Firoz, assistant superintendent of police of Dhaka, said the robbery had been aided by a detailed map of the bank branch. "The map accurately depicts the second floor of the Commerce Bank branch. It identifies people with marks, locates the toilet and identifies the bank manager's office room. The exit and entrance is also marked on the map, Nazmul said. Police said they had recovered two maps in a drive on a one-storey building in the Aushpara area of Tongi. One map was used for the robbery but the significance of the second map has not yet been deciphered, police said. The assistant superintendent of police said more would be known when the second map is decoded. Shamim, who was placed in court on Sunday, gave a confessional statement before the magistrate taking responsibility for a number of crimes including the killing of a bKash agent during a mugging in Gazipur on March 10. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Ask him if he turns over the money, if not, he's a run of the mill thug. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-06-02 10:40 |
| #1 Willy Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. He said "because that's where the money is." It is not likely this bank robber for Mo will find religion in the banks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-06-02 09:12 |