6.47 cr takas transaction in accounts of Hefazat's Mamunul: Police
Wed, Apr 28 2021 10:04:08 PM
By Sumi Khan
Dhaka, Apr 28 (IANS): Funds for militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, which was behind the widespread violence last month, was deposited into two bank accounts of its senior leader Mamunul Haque and the donors have been identified, Bangladesh Police said on Wednesday.
"We've so far identified 313 people who have financed Hefazat on different occasions. We have found evidence of 6.47 crore takas being transacted to and from Mamunul's two bank accounts," Additional Commissioner, Detective Branch, of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, A.K.M. Hafiz Akhter told IANS.
Police would seek another seven days to interrogate Mamunul, he added.