Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 26 Nov 2018, 02:22 pm Print
Dhaka: Bangladesh security forces have claimed to have arrested eight members of banned militant outfit “Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh’s Radical Youth Group” from country's capital city Dhaka, media reports said.
Members of Rab-1 and Rab-2 in separate drives arrested the suspected militant suspects in Kalabagan, Bashundhara and Mohammadpur areas, according to a message sent to media by Rab, The Daily Star newspaper of Bangladesh reported.
The newspaper said the arrestees are Md Arafat Ajam, 30, of Bandarban, Rashed Alom alias Badhon, 28, of Tangail; Mir Afzal Ali, 37, of Satkhira; Mahadi Hasan, 23, of Laxmipur; Radiuzzaman Hawladar Anik, 27, of Madaripur; Jalal Uddin Shovon, 28, of Munshiganj and Zarir Taisir, 26, of Noakhali.
Books propagating fundamentalism, a laptop and a mobile phone have been recovered from the arrested people.
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