DHAKA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Bangladesh Police have arrested five members of a banned militant outfit in capital Dhaka along with explosives and bomb-making materials.
A spokesperson for Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Wednesday morning confirmed the arrest of the militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on Tuesday night from Dhaka's downtown Mirpur area.
The militants were arrested with religiously inciting books, explosives and bomb-making materials, he said.
The official who did not like to be named said they are members of neo-JMB's sleeper cell.
Neo-JMB, an offshoot of the banned militant outfit, is blamed for the deadly July 1 Dhaka cafe attack in which 22 people including 18 foreigners were killed.
JMB carried out a series of bombings in 63 out of the country's 64 districts, including capital Dhaka on Aug. 17, 2005, leaving two people dead and 150 others injured.
Hundreds of JMB leaders and activists were rounded up while six top leaders of the group, including Shaikh Abdur Rahman, were hanged in 2007.
