Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave Tk32 lakh as Eid-ul-Fitr gifts to the family members of two police officers who were killed in the dastardly terrorist attack on a Gulshan cafe in Dhaka and 26 police members injured in the attack.

On behalf of the prime minister, her Military Secretary Major General Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin handed over the Eid gifts to the family members of the two slain police officers as well as the wounded policemen last night, said a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) press release.

It said the prime minister gave Tk3 lakh each to the family members of two police officers—Detective Branch Senior Assistant Commissioner Robiul Karim and Banani Police Station Officer-in-charge Mohammad Salauddin Khan—who were killed in the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan on 1 July.

The family members of the two slain police officers also received toys and Eid clothes from the PM’s military secretary.

Sheikh Hasina gave Taka one lakh to each of the 26 injured policemen as Eid gifts.

Twenty hostages were brutally killed during the siege at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan before the commandos stormed the cafe on 2 July morning. Of the civilian victims, nine were Italian citizens, seven Japanese, one Indian, two Bangladeshis and one Bangladeshi born US citizen.

Besides, Detective Branch senior assistant commissioner Robiul Karim and Banani Police Station officer-in-charge Md Salauddin Khan were killed and 26 police members injured when they tried to rescue the hostages.

However, six terrorists were killed and one was held in the army-led rescue operation. Thirteen hostages including women and children were also rescued during the operation.