5 ‘Ansar Al Islam members’ held in Rajshahi
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested five members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Saturday night.
On information, a team of Rab-5 conducted a drive in Belpukur area and made the arrest, said Additional Police Superintendent ATM Mainul Islam of Rab-5.
During the drive, the Rab members, led by Islam, seized a pistol, 24 crude bombs, five bullets, two magazines, 10 jihadi books and eight organisational notebooks from them.
The arrestees are: Afroza Begum, 55, and her son Anisur Rahman alias Saddam, 30, of Bhoruapara area; Ruhul Amin, 31; Mamunur Rashid, 35, and Abu Talha, 21.
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