A University of Toronto student detained in Bangladesh for weeks in connection with a terrorist attack has been released on bail, his family confirmed.

Tahmid Hasib Khan, 22, is healthy, safe and living under the supervision of his parents in the capital city of Dhaka, said his brother Talha Khan.

Tahmid Khan, a permanent resident of Canada, was arrested without charge on August 4. Bangladeshi police allege Khan was involved in a July 1 terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, in which gunmen killed 20 people and took several others hostage.

“He’s the furthest thing away from all that,” said Talha Khan of his younger brother. “He’s the kind of person who has enough faith in the power structures of the world that are already there. (He’s) not trying to resurrect the caliphate or something.”

But the ordeal “is not over,” for Tahmid, Talha said.

At the time of the attack, Tahmid was in Dhaka visiting his parents for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Talha said.

Tahmid was then scheduled to fly to Nepal, where he an internship lined up with UNICEF.

Khan is confirmed to have been in the restaurant at the time of the terrorist attack, but his family has maintained that he was merely a customer, a survivor of the attack, not a perpetrator.

Describing his brother, Talha painted a picture of a typical, if unusually ambitious, university student.

A skilled soccer player and cricketer, a multi-instrumentalist with a penchant for rock music, a popular, outgoing global health student with dreams of one day working for the United Nations.

“(Tahmid’s) like someone you would bump into in Kensington Market,” Talha said.

The Khans moved from Bangladesh to Canada in 2004, but bounced back and forth between the two countries several times until the brothers started attending the University of Toronto.

Tahmid has been living in Toronto full-time since 2012, his brother said. Their parents currently live in Dhaka but plan to move back to Toronto once both their sons finish school and get jobs.

Talha recently became a Canadian citizen. He said Tahmid will be eligible to apply for citizenship in a couple of months.

Though Talha has gotten updates from his parents, he has not gotten to speak directly with his brother.

“My parents are being a little protective, waiting for the thing to calm down a little,” he said.

“It’s not over. It’s a continuing process. Maybe a few steps from now we’ll all get to hear from him.”

In the meantime, Khan’s parents are putting their faith in the Bangladeshi judicial system.

“My parents have 100 per cent confidence in due process,” said Talha. “There were bumps along the way but at the end of the day they have faith in the legal system.”

With files from The Canadian Press