Police held 12 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of conspiring anti-state activities while they were holding a meeting in Feni on Saturday morning.
They were detained along with five crude bombs, various books, leaflets, banners, computers, laptops, photocopy machines from the office of Feni district Jamaat unit.
The arrestees include- Mohammad Shafiullah, 53, Mostafa Azim, 40, Mohammad Shah Alam, 48, Monir Hossain, 41, Abu Taher, 54, Abdul Motaleb, 38, Md Salahuddin, 32, Alamgir, 40, Abdul Mateen, 44 and Zakir Hossen, 35.
On secret information, a team of police of Feni Model police station raided the office of the district town and arrested them, said Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of the police station.
They will be produced before the court after filing a case, said the OC.