Dhaka, Oct 29 (PTI) Security forces today arrested threesuspected members of the banned Neo-Jamiat-ul MujahideenBangladesh and seized explosives in a pre-dawn raid at a mangoplantation in the northwestern district of Chapainawabganj.
The militants - identified as Mohmmad General Islam (25),Rasul Boksh (50) and Islam (70) - were taken into custody inBablabona area of the district, said elite Rapid ActionBattalion Commander Squadron Leader Sayeed Abdullah Al Murad.
"The detainees are members of the Jamiat-ul MujahideenBangladesh Sarwar-Tamim group," Murad was quoted as saying bythe Bdnews24.
He said that weapons and explosives were seized from thesuspects during the raid.
The raid was part of an intensified crackdown onmilitants following the last year's Dhaka cafe attack in which22 people, mostly foreigners and an Indian girl, were killed.
The Neo-JMB, blamed for the Dhaka cafe attack, is said tobe inclined to the ISIS terror group.
Since the cafe attack, Bangladesh security fores havekilled about 70 suspected militants in raids and shootoutsaimed at neutralising the terror group and its leadership. PTIZHZH.
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