Detectives claimed to have identified at least 313 donors, who used to finance Hefajat-e Islam that carried out violence across the country late last month protesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to Bangladesh.
Confirming the development, AKM Hafiz Akhter, additional commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of police, said, We have so far identified 313 people who provided funds to Hefajat.
According to investigators, a large number of them are expatriate Bangladeshis and some of them are top BNP leaders.
Meanwhile, police sources said Mamunul Haque, who is now on remand, told that Hefajat wanted to turn Bangladesh into a country like Pakistan or Afghanistan through transforming the organisation into militant group Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistan.