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.