20 hostages were brutally murdered during the chilling siege that lasted over 10 hours. (AFP File Photo)
Dhaka:
The three Bangladeshi young men who appeared in the latest video from ISIS, threatening of more terror attacks around the world, have been identified as a dentist, an aspiring singer and a management student, officials have said.
Tushar, the son of Army major Washikur Azad, is one of the three men who appeared in the video released yesterday - days after Islamist gunmen stormed a popular restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave and killed 22 people.
A dentist based in Dhaka, Tushar was missing for around two years. He completed his secondary education at Adamjee Cantonment Public School and higher secondary at RAJUK Uttara Model College. He had married Bangladesh model Naila Nayem's in 2011, but later they separated, BD News 24 reported.
Another man appearing in the video -- face covered with Arabic-styled headdress -- has been identified as Tawsif Hossain, a former student of the Institute of Business Administration at the Dhaka University. He left the university without completing the course, sources said.
Hossain had been arrested before on charges of involvement with Jamaat-Ul Mujahideen, a banned militant group in Bangladesh. Later, his family sent him to Austria, but his friends said he did not reach, the report said.
The third man in the video was identified as Tahmid Rahman Shafi, one of the top 10 finalists of NTV's reality music show in 1995, it said. Shafi, who resigned from Grameenphone in 2011, is the son of late election commissioner Shafiur Rahman, his former colleagues and classmates in Notre Dame College have said.
He completed BBA at Dhaka's BRAC University and MBA at IBA, said sources in the government. They said he had once asked his father to join ISIS, but he refused. He then left with his wife for war-torn Syria, the report said.
All three spoke in Bangla. Only Shafi had translated his speech to English.
The ISIS video was released in an Intelligence site on Tuesday. The message, containing threats, has gone viral on social media among Bangladeshis who are still recovering from the shock of last Friday's slaughter.
Tushar, the son of Army major Washikur Azad, is one of the three men who appeared in the video released yesterday - days after Islamist gunmen stormed a popular restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave and killed 22 people.
A dentist based in Dhaka, Tushar was missing for around two years. He completed his secondary education at Adamjee Cantonment Public School and higher secondary at RAJUK Uttara Model College. He had married Bangladesh model Naila Nayem's in 2011, but later they separated, BD News 24 reported.
Another man appearing in the video -- face covered with Arabic-styled headdress -- has been identified as Tawsif Hossain, a former student of the Institute of Business Administration at the Dhaka University. He left the university without completing the course, sources said.
Hossain had been arrested before on charges of involvement with Jamaat-Ul Mujahideen, a banned militant group in Bangladesh. Later, his family sent him to Austria, but his friends said he did not reach, the report said.
The third man in the video was identified as Tahmid Rahman Shafi, one of the top 10 finalists of NTV's reality music show in 1995, it said. Shafi, who resigned from Grameenphone in 2011, is the son of late election commissioner Shafiur Rahman, his former colleagues and classmates in Notre Dame College have said.
He completed BBA at Dhaka's BRAC University and MBA at IBA, said sources in the government. They said he had once asked his father to join ISIS, but he refused. He then left with his wife for war-torn Syria, the report said.
All three spoke in Bangla. Only Shafi had translated his speech to English.
The ISIS video was released in an Intelligence site on Tuesday. The message, containing threats, has gone viral on social media among Bangladeshis who are still recovering from the shock of last Friday's slaughter.
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