Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five alleged members of newly formed militant outfit Al Ansar (Huji), including its chief coordinator, from city’s Hazaribagh area on Wednesday.
Acting on secret information, a team of Rab-2 conducted the raid at Hazaribagh area and arrested Hafez Mawlana Md Rashidul Alam, chief coordinator of the outfit, along with four of his associates early morning, said Ruhul Amin, assistant director of Rab-2.
A huge number of jihadi books and training manuals were also recovered from their possession, he added.
The elite force will brief journalists about the identities of the detainees and other details of the newly formed militant outfit.