The Police have arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Harkatul Jihad Bangladesh (HuJI-B) and recovered 55 different bomb making items from their possession during an overnight drive at different areas including the capital last night.
The detective Branch (DB) police arrested four militant leaders from city's Uttara, Tikatuli and Narayanganj area last night.
At least fifty-five different explosive items including powerful explosives, sub-machine gun, detonators and bomb making materials were found with them, Manirul Islam, joint commissioner, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) told this to the journalists after a briefing at police headquarters on Saturday.
"Even the Huji leaders also had a plan to attack on the high profile dignitaries living in Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi", said the DB official.