Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Allahr Dal’ from Labanchora area of Khulna early Sunday.
The arrestees are Elias Kanchan Ripon, 37, Nayek of Jashore district unit, its joint district unit Nayek Mukul Hossain, 36, district unit vice-NayekYeasin Ali, 38, Shukkur Ali, 29 and Sohanur Rahman Sohan, 23.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-6 conducted a drive in the area and arrested the five people while holding a clandestine meeting in the area, said a press release of RAB.
The elite force members also recovered some leaflets of the organisation from their possession, reports UNB.