Five members of banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its chief coordinator Abdun Noor, have been arrested in Sirajganj, RAB says.
Published : 31 Oct 2014, 03:33 PM
The elite police unit's spokesperson Mufti Mahmud Hasan told bdnews24.com the militants were detained from a railway station in the early hours of Friday.
Indian intelligence, investigating the Burdwan bomb blast case, claimed to have uncovered a JMB plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chief Khaleda Zia.
A good amount of explosives and bomb-making materials were found on them, the RAB officer said.
In October, police said the banned outfit was planning a massive attack across Bangladesh to grab international headlines.
India's National Intelligence Agency said it unearthed a major JMB plot to carry out attacks in Bangladesh.
RAB said it would brief the media over the arrests later.