Seven extremists held in Lalmonirhat

LALMONIRHAT, Oct 31 (BSS): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) here today said they overnight arrested seven suspected members of banned Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Jammatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in two separate drives in Patgram and Kaliganj of the district.

RAB-13 commanding officer Mojammel Haque said a team of their force first raided a house responding to a secret tip off at Madati village in Kaliganj upazila last night and arrested four ABT men aged between 19 and 27.

"We recovered two foreign-made pistols, four bullet, some explosives and a number of jihadi books and leaflets from their possession," Haque said.