Dhaka – Police here early Thursday arrested two members of banned militant outfit Neo-JMB (Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh), who allegedly supplied arms and explosives in the Gulshan cafe attack, from Kichok area in Shibganj upazila.
The arrestees were identified as Hadisur Rahman Sagor, 28, and Akram Hossain Khan Niloy, 24.
Officer-in-charge, Nure Alam Siddique of district Detective Branch unit, said acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive around 1:15am at Kichok area and arrested the duo.
They also recovered two mobile phone sets from their possession, he said.
Sources at Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said Hadisur Rahman Sagar was allegedly one of the suppliers of arms and explosives, used in Gulshan Holey Artisan café attack in the capital on July 2016.
Akram Hossain Khan Niloy of Kishoreganj was also an alleged mastermind of Hotel Olio International blast at Panthapath in the capital on August 15 last year.
The duo was handed over to the CTCC unit of Dhaka.UNB
