[Bangla Daily Star] The Detective Branch of police has identified seven attackers and 53 accomplices in the bomb attack on Awami League lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh, said a DB source.The 53 people provided the attackers with information about the areas surrounding Taposh's law chamber in Motijheel but stayed away from the scene where the bomb was exploded by a remote control on October 21, said the source.
The DB personnel are about to complete the probe and have submitted a primary report on the findings to higher authorities.
"Now, we are waiting for directives from the government high-ups to arrest the suspects," said a DB official.
The DB used electronic devices to track the perpetrators, the source said.
However the DB is yet to get any important information from the people arrested over the bomb attack.
The motive behind the attack is not clear yet, said investigators. The attack might not be aimed at derailing the trial of Bangabandhu murder case. It's also unlikely that any of Taposh's rivals had orchestrated it, they said.
Earlier Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque told The Daily Star that they identified the attackers and masterminds behind the bomb attack.
The source further said all suspects have been under close watch of law enforcers.
Meanwhile, Ataul Huda, 38, nephew of Bangabandhu murder convict Maj (retd) Bazlul Huda, was arrested with links to the bomb attack on Taposh, a prosecution lawyer in Bangabandhu murder case.
Our correspondent from Kushtia reports, law enforcers arrested Ataul, son of late Rabiul, at Hatboalia village in Chuadanga at around 3:30am.
Chuadanga police said Ataul was later taken into DB custody in the capital.
Mehnaz Rashid Khandaker, eldest daughter of Bangabandhu murder convict Lt Col (retd) Khondker Abdur Rashid, was taken on a fresh three-day remand in the bomb attack case.
DB has so far arrested seven people in connection with the bomb attack. Five of them are relatives of Bangabandhu murder convicts.
On October 23, detectives arrested Kamrul Haque Swapan, younger brother of the convict in Bangabandhu murder case Maj (retd) Dalim, Mehnaz on October 24, and Nazmul Hasan Sohel and Mahbubul Hasan Emran, sons of another convict Lt Col (retd) Mohiuddin Ahmed on October 27.
The other two arrestees are leaders of Freedom Party.
All arrestees except Ataul are remanded in DB custody.