British man released from Dhaka cafe questioned over links to Isil attackers

A British hostage who was released by Isil from the Dhaka restaurant attack is being interrogated by Bangladeshi police over possible links to the terrorists. Hasanat Karim, 35, was at the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant with his wife and two children during the siege on Friday night, but was allowed to leave by the terrorists at around 7am on Saturday morning, roughly half an hour before army commandos stormed the building. Police took Mr Karim, a civil engineer who was born in Bangladesh but moved to Britain as a teenager, into custody after finding his driving licence in the pocket ...