The Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit on Wednesday arrested one accused in connection with snatching of two death row convict militants from the court premises.
The accused was identified as Mehedi Hasan Ami alias Rafi, 24.
Talking to BSS, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of DMP's media wing Md Faruque Hossain said, the CTTC unit arrested Mehedi Hasan.
Earlier, chief of CTTC Md Asaduzzaman said that the man who led the group in snatching two death row convicts and members of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam from Dhaka court premises was identified.
"We got the name of the man and some of his associates. But will not disclose it for the sake of investigation," he said.
Asaduzzaman, also additional commissioner of DMP, said "We have received intelligence information on how the escape of those two militants was planned. Arresting them is our main target at the moment."
In the afternoon, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun told a function in Rajshahi that the CTTC has already arrested one accused in connection with the militant snatching.
"We recovered the motorcycle used by the militants. We have recovered data and evidences," he added.
On Sunday, two activists of banned militant outfit JMB who were sentenced to death in publisher Foisal Arefin Dipon murder case were snatched from police custody by their associates at Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.
The escapees are Md Abu Siddique Sohel alias Sakib alias Sajid alias Shahab and Moinul Hasan Shamim alias Samir alias Sifat alias Imran.
They are members of the banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam, who were sentenced to death in Jagriti Publications publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case.
Police earlier announced Tk10 lakh for information on each of them.
Publisher Dipan, son of Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq of Dhaka University, was hacked to death in his office on the second floor of Aziz Supermarket at Shahbagh in the city on October 31, 2015.