Police arrested seven suspected activists of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Rajshahi and Natore districts on Saturday.
In Rajshahi, police arrested five suspected activists of the JMB from different areas of Bagmara upazila early in the morning. The identities of the arrestees could not be known yet. Tipped off, a team of police conducted the separate drives in different areas of the upazila at the dead of night and arrested the five, said Nasim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Bagmara Police Station. Further details of the drive are still awaited.
In Natore, police in a drive arrested two suspected activists of JMB-Shahabuddin and Rahidul Islam-from Merigachha area in Boraigram upazila early in the morning. They were accused in a case filed with Boalia Police Station of Rajshahi district in connection with militancy activities.
