Bartabangla Desk :: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, for allegedly threatening to blow up the Egyptian embassy in Dhaka.
M Shawkat Osman, who dropped a handwritten threat letter to Egyptian mission’s letter box, was arrested from Focus Coaching Centre at Farmgate around 12:30pm Wednesday.
Police said the detained Shibir activist in the letter had threatened to blow up the embassy.
Following the threat, the Egyptian embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday announced to keep its Consular section closed for 11 days from Wednesday.
Office-in-charge of Gulshan thana Rafiqul Islam said, “A person identifying himself as M Shawkat Osman from Firmgate dropped a handwritten letter into the letter box of the embassy on Tuesday.”
Quoting the text of the letter, the OC said, “Stop genocide on Brotherhood…don’t make Egypt like Syria…something wrong may happen like Egyptian embassy firing in Libya.”
The letter writer also identified himself as a supporter of Morssi, the OC said adding that security measures had earlier been tightened at the city’s Egypt mission soon after the military crackdown in Cairo.
“Being informed about the threat, we’ve strengthened our surveillance at the diplomatic enclave (Gulshan-Baridhara) to avert any untoward incident,” Islam said.