The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 arrested five suspected militants, including four members of banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), in separate drives in Gazipur yesterday.
The arrestees were identified as Rasheduzzaman Rose, acting southern region ameer and the trainer of the women’s wing of JMB, Sahabuddin, a member of JMB suicide squad, Firoz and Saiful, members of the outfit, and Abul Hye, a leader of another militant outfit Ahle Hadith.
Of the arrestees, Rose recently came to the country from Canada.
Major Ajam, second-in-command of RAB-1, said they arrested Rasheduzzaman Rose, Abdul Hye and Sahabuddin in a drive from Tongi Station Road area around 12.30am.
Based on information gleaned from them, a team of the elite force conducted another drive in Chhoidana and Hajirpur of Signboard area and arrested Firoj and Saiful from their shops.
Rab also recovered a pistol, eight bullets, three MGs, some detonators, explosives substance, three crude bombs, jihadi books, bomb making materials and a bomb hidden inside a computer CPU from the spot.
Meanwhile, a Chittagong court yesterday put three suspected members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) on a two-day remand each in a case filed under the Anti Terrorism Act.
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