5 Jama’atul Ansar members arrested: CTTC

Officials of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police claimed to have arrested five members of a "Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya" from Dhaka's Jatrabari area on Wednesday.

The arrestees are Abdullah, Tazul Islam, Ziauddin, Md Habibullah and Mahmudul Hasan, said Md Asaduzzaman.

They made disclosure at a press conference at DMP Media centre on Thursday.

The police officials also said the arrestees are active members of militant group "Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya".