Three JMB men held

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three members of banned Islamist militant organisation Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from different areas of Shibganj upazila and Sadar upazila yesterday.

The arrestees are Rahmat Ali, 47, son of Abdul Gofur of Chakla-Miapara village, Jahangir Alam, 43, son of Mofijuddin of Par Eklaspur village, and Moazzem Hossain, 30, son of Hazrat Ali of Chakla-Kamartekpara under Shibganj upazila.

On secret information, a team of Rab-5 went to Durgapur-Purbopara in Sadar upazila early yesterday and arrested Rahmat Ali. They recovered two books on jihad from his possession and seized his motorcycle.

After his confessional statement, the elite force went to Chakla village in Shibganj upazila and arrested Jahangir Alam and Moazzem Hossain, said Squadron Leader Mohammad Sayed Abdullah Al Murad, camp commander of Chapainawabganj Rab camp.

After primary interrogation, they admitted that they were active members of JMB, the Rab officer said.