Two dead yet to be named

The identities of the two JMB suspects killed Sunday night during a “raid” conducted by the Rapid Action Battalion in Gazipur could not be known even yesterday.

Following the incident, Rab claimed that the operatives of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh were killed during their raid on an abandoned house in Vogra of Gazipur.

It claimed that bombs were hurled at a Rab-1 team during the raid and that there was a gunfight between Rab and the suspects.

Rab during an on-the-spot briefing early yesterday did not disclose the identities of the deceased.

Maj Maksudul Alam, deputy director of Rab's media wing, yesterday told The Daily Star that even though they had information about a secret meeting of militants, they only found two men during the raid.

Following the gun battle, Rab during its sweep of the area found the two bodies, explosives, grenades, a pistol, bullets of the pistol, and books on jihad, the Rab official said. 

Sources at Gazipur Sadar Hospital morgue where the bodies were taken for autopsies said the bodies had both bullet and explosion injuries.

They added that none went to the morgue as of yesterday evening to claim the bodies.