Rapid Action Battalion detained three members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with bombs from Shopuna para area, Bagmara upazila, Rajshahi.
The detainees are Aminur Rahman, 35, Abu Sayed Manik, 28, and PM Shahen Shah, 30.
RAB members claimed that the detainees were planning a terror attack ahead of March 7. The country will mark the 45th anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic Race Course address on the day.
RAB 5 ASP Alok Biswas said: “The were detained in a drive conducted around 4:45am Sunday with 16 bombs, seven petrol bombs and jihadi books.
“They were preparing terror attacks on the programmes planned on March 7.”
