Another suspected member of Islamic State arrested from Bangladesh capital Dhaka

Police detectives have arrested a suspected member of the extremist militant outfit, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), from Dhaka, within a week of nabbing two others.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 31 May 2015, 04:48 AM
Updated : 31 May 2015, 09:20 AM

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Deputy Commissioner SM Jahangir Alam Sarker told bdnews24.com on Sunday that he was arrested on Saturday night.

He did not reveal details or the person’s identity.

The Detective Branch of Police will hold a media conference later, he said.

On May 24, police arrested two suspected members of the outfit from Dhaka’s Uttara and Lalmatia.

They were enrolling members online to topple democratic governments and establish Khilafat rule as ordered by the ISIS, police said.