This was disclosed by the four arrested JMB cadres during interrogation on the third day of their five-day remand yesterday.

They also narrated how they planned and blasted the bombs and who gave the money, police sources said.

JMB cadres Alamgir, 28; Sohel, 25; Arafat, 26 and Shaikh Mohammad Sumon, 25 were arrested from different areas of the town on Thursday.

Two of them Alamgir and Sohel gave confessional statements before a First Class Magistrate yesterday.

The two were taken to the spots in the town where bombs were blasted on August 17.

They are being interrogated by a team led by Additional Police Superintendent Abdul Kuddus Amin. The team includes ASP (Sadar Circle) Saifullah and one police official each from Detective Branch (DB) and Sadar police station.

All the bombs were sent to Brahmabaria from Dhaka in a bus inside sweetmeat packets three days before the incident. JMB Sura member Monir of Chuanarughat in Habiganj district sent those. Alamgir received the bombs.

The 11 JMB cadres held two meetings at the Eidgah ground and behind the Brahmanbaria TV relay station with Monir, who gave them guidelines. Monir distributed Tk 1.5 lakh among them in two installments at the meetings.

Sumon exploded a bomb on the court premises, Arafat at Brahmanbaria Poirtola bus stand, Sohel at a commercial place, Shafiq at a monument, Alamgir and Kabir at Medda bus stand, and Kader and Ripon blasted two bombs at Brahmanbaria railway station simultaneously.

They told interrogators that Sumon was the 'regional commander' of JMB in Brahmanbaria.

Police said they got some other important information about the rest seven yet to be arrested but declined to elaborate.

The four were arrested following information given by JMB cadre Sabbir Ahmed Dulal, arrested in Dhaka on March 8.

Sabbir was brought to Brahmanbaria after his cheque book (no. 11674) of Janata Bank in Brahmanbaria was found during the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) operation in Surjadighal Bari in Sylhet city from where JMB chief Abdur Rahman was arrested.

Sabbir has been sent to Sylhet for interrogation in a acase filed against Abdur Rahman there, police said.

Meanwhile, police released Shafiqul Islam, 25, arrested on Friday from the town, after interrogation.

Police said they have launched a manhunt for the rest seven JMB cadres. They raided 18 areas of the town in last few days, sources said.