Fugitive JMB man arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Nilphamari arrested an absconding accused in a case for countrywide series bomb attacks in 2005 from a village in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur on Tuesday.

The arrestee, Abdus Sattar, 50, son of late Mofiz Tera of Hakimpur village of Deviganj upazila in Panchagarh, is a member of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

Rab's Nilphamari camp Commander Abul Kashem said members of Rab, acting on secret information, raided Jharbari Union Parishad office and arrested Sattar.