Police arrested six people, including four women, suspecting them of having links with a
militant organisation, from police line area of the district town on Monday afternoon.
The arrestees—Sonia, 24, Arifa, 26, Zahanara, 50, Zahanara, 42, Noore Alam,22, and
Anisuzzaman,40– hail from different places of Meherpur and Jhenidah district.
Assistant Sub-inspector Sharmin of Jessore Kotwali Model Police Station said being
tipped-off by local people, a team of police conducted a drive in the area in the afternoon
and arrested the six while they were holding a clandestine meeting in a house.
Police also recovered different objects, including jihadi (religious uprising) books and
some papers, from their possession, added Sharmin. -UNB, Jessore
