Dhaka: The suspected member of Neo JMB, who was killed in self decorated explosion in a hotel of Panthapath area in Dhaka on Tuesday, planned to commit attack on Dhanmondi 32, said Inspector general of police (IGP) A K M Shahidul Hoque.

The deceased is Saiful Islam, a resident of Dumuria upazila in Khulna.

IGP A K M Shahidul Hoque said Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) had secret information that the militants were planning to commit sabotage during 15 August rally at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka.

The police chief was briefing media at about 11:00am after the operation ‘August Bite’.

Police located suspected militants’ spot at Hotel Olio International in Panthapath and cordoned off it in the early hours of Tuesday, he said.

In the morning, law enforcers asked the militants to surrender but they did not respond to them.

Around 9:44am, the operation ‘August Bite’ started after the militant had blasted explosives.

Saiful, a former member of Chhatra Shibir, was a madrasa student, son of a local mosque’s imam.

Later, he studied at Khulna BL College when he came into connection with New JMB, the police chief said.