By KUNA
New Delhi : An arrested “commander” of the Bangladesh-based banned group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), has confessed his role in the grenade attack on the countrys former prime minister Sheikha Hasina in 2004, that killed 27 people and injured 100.
Bangladesh Police arrested HUJI commander Abdul Kalam Azad on October 28, for his role in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on Hasina when she was addressing a political rally at Dhaka.
Azad has admitted to his role in the attack on Hasina, news agency Indo Asian reported Sunday, quoting an official of Bangladesh police.
Azad trained 65 people between 1999 and 2005, most of whom are now absconding.
The training was conducted under supervision of HUJI chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, now behind bars.
Like HUJI, the Jama’at ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is also banned. The groups top six leaders were hanged in February this year for the murder of two judges. Both HUJI and JMB had carried out several terror attacks in Bangladesh during erstwhile Khaleda Zias regime (2001-06), the news agency said.