Dhaka: A suspected Islamist extremist, who allegedly supplied arms, explosives and money to the militants who carried out the terror attack on a cafe in Bangladesh was arrested on Sunday.
The militant was arrested from a bus in Gazipur city in central Bangladesh and has been identified as absconding Holey Artisan attack suspect Mamunur Rashid Ripon.
According to investigators, Ripon, a neo-JMB militant, was responsible for supplying arms and explosives to the militants who carried out the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1, 2016 that killed 22 people, including a 19-year-old Indian girl. (PTI)
