A vigil in remembrance of victims of Dhaka attack, which a top aide to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina said could have links with Pakistan's spy agency ISI.
New Delhi:
Pakistan has said that the allegations that it's powerful ISI or military spy agency facilitated the weekend's deadly terror attack in Bangladesh are "highly regrettable, irresponsible and provocative."
Islamabad's reaction comes after a top aide to Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told NDTV that the hacking to death of 20 people in a Dhaka cafe showed signs of co-operation between the ISI and a local terrorist group, the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen.
Hossain Toufique Imam, the political advisor to Sheikh Hasina, told NDTV on Sunday, "Pakistan's ISI and Jamaat connection is well known... they want to derail the current government," adding, "all victims were hacked to death like Jamaat and local terror groups do".
The Islamic State or ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, posting pictures of five fighters it said were involved in Friday night's killings.
But Bangladesh's government has said all six gunmen killed were locals and five were on a government militant watchlist.
"A majority of the boys who attacked the restaurant came from very good educational institutions. Some went to sophisticated schools. Their families are relatively well-to-do people," Bangladeshi Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told India's NDTV.
Police arrested a seventh man at the restaurant who they suspect played a role in the attack. He is currently in hospital.
Among the foreigners who were killed by the six attackers -they reportedly spared those who could recite the Quran -was 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, a student from UC Berkley whose parents lived in Dhaka. She is being cremated today in Gurugram near Delhi.
Islamabad's reaction comes after a top aide to Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told NDTV that the hacking to death of 20 people in a Dhaka cafe showed signs of co-operation between the ISI and a local terrorist group, the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen.
Hossain Toufique Imam, the political advisor to Sheikh Hasina, told NDTV on Sunday, "Pakistan's ISI and Jamaat connection is well known... they want to derail the current government," adding, "all victims were hacked to death like Jamaat and local terror groups do".
The Islamic State or ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, posting pictures of five fighters it said were involved in Friday night's killings.
But Bangladesh's government has said all six gunmen killed were locals and five were on a government militant watchlist.
"A majority of the boys who attacked the restaurant came from very good educational institutions. Some went to sophisticated schools. Their families are relatively well-to-do people," Bangladeshi Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told India's NDTV.
Police arrested a seventh man at the restaurant who they suspect played a role in the attack. He is currently in hospital.
Among the foreigners who were killed by the six attackers -they reportedly spared those who could recite the Quran -was 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, a student from UC Berkley whose parents lived in Dhaka. She is being cremated today in Gurugram near Delhi.
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