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Published : 24 Dec 2016, 08:27 AM
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A team from the counterterrorism unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has cordoned off a three-storey building at Ashkona, saying several suspected members of the Neo JMB are believed to be holed up there.
"According to our information, there are at least six Neo JMB operatives in the ground floor of the building," the unit's chief Monirul Islam told the media near the spot.
Law enforcers said they have started negotiating with the suspected militants to get them to surrender.
"We have established contact with those who are inside and asked them to surrender," Additional Deputy Commissioner Sanowar Hossain told bdnews24.com.
He said that residents of apartments on the two others floors have been evacuated.
bdnews24.com's Gulam Mujtaba Dhruba reported from the spot that fire-fighting units have been kept on a stand-by.
Uttara Fire Service's Senior Station Officer Shafikul Islam said two of their units have reached the spot at 5:15am and at least five others are ready to be deployed.
"Those inside have been repeatedly asked to surrender. But they are threatening to detonate grenades tied to their bodies ," he said,
DMP chief Asaduzzaman Mia has reached the spot. Replying to queries from journalists, the DMP Commissioner said, "I will not leave the spot before briefing you."
After the July 1 Gulshan attack, police have raided several hideouts in Dhaka, Narayanganj and Gazipur, during which more than 20 suspected militants had been gunned down.
