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The anti-militant operation at a suspected tin-shed den at Bosila in the city’s Mohammadpur area has ended on Monday at 4pm.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)'s Legal and Media Wing chief Mufti Mahmud Khan said it to media after the operation ended, as per a UNB agency report.
At least two suspected militants were killed in an explosion after members RAB, acting on a tip-off, cordoned off the tin-shed den in the early hours of Monday.
The deceased were identified as Sumon and Sujon, RAB Additional Director General Colonel Jahangir Alam said, adding that the fingerprints and viscera samples have been taken from the bodies for DNA test for their detailed identity.
Confirming the deaths of the two militants RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed, said, "They were undoubtedly militants... RAB had to fire 150 rounds of bullet to bring the situation under control."
When the bomb disposal unit entered the house, they found scattered body organs at the house and three legs.
Four Improvised Electronic Devices (IEDs) were also found inside the house.
Earlier, a team of the elite force cordoned off the house in Metro Housing Ld of Bosila around 3:30am.
RAB's Legal and Media Wing chief Mufti Mahmud Khan said sounds of gunshots and a big explosion were heard from the house around 4:45am and the roof of the house was blown off in the blast.
Later, the RAB team opened fire from a safe distance, he added.
A bomb disposal unit and special force members also joined the team of the elite force.
The operation was called off around 4pm, said RAB-2 Commanding Officer Lt Col Ashique Billah.
Before the explosion, RAB detained three people -- Sohagh, caretaker of the house, his wife Mousumi and Yousuf, imam of a mosque established beside the den.
Sohagh said the duo rented the house from April 1 at Tk 1,500 per month and they used to remain out of the house most of the time.