Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four suspected militants from Fatullah area of Narayanganj on Saturday.
The arrestees were identified as Farhad Nur, 28 and Anowar Chowdhury, 31, of Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila; Rakibul Islam, 25, of Cumilla’s Barura upazila and Asif Imtiaj of Chattogram’s Panchlaish area.
Lt Col Imran Ullah Sarkar, commanding officer of Rab-11, claimed they all are members of banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
At a press briefing on Saturday noon, Sarkar said they conducted a drive at Signboard area of Fatullah and arrested the four.
A huge number of books and leaflets on extremism were seized from their possession, he added.