In an overnight drive, police arrested 25 female activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Jhaudia Bazar in Kushtia last night.

Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in Jhaudia Mosque area and arrested them while holding a clandestine meeting, said Mostafizur Rahman Ratan, officer-in-charge of Islamic University Police Station.

Police arrested them on charge of planning acts of sabotage.

A case was filed in this connection.