The members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) are conducting an operation at a suspected militant hideout in Tejgaon area of Dhaka today.
Sounds of heavy gunshots and explosions were heard from the suspected militant den during the operation on fourth floor of a six-storey building in West Nakhalpara area early morning, reports our correspondent from the spot.
The law enforcers cordoned off the building around 2:00am suspecting that militants may hole up there, Mufti Mahmud Khan, Rab's legal and media wing director, told The Daily Star.
Sensing presence of the Rab members, the “militants” fired bullets and hurled grenade at the law enforcers, he said.
Later, the members of the elite force entered the “hideout” after breaking its door, the Rab official said adding that "more than one militant died in the operation".
Bomb disposal units of the law enforcers went to the spot.
Other residents of the building were brought out of the building safely before conducting the operation, he further said.
