Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five suspected members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned militant outfit, from Chakla area in Shibganj upazila early Wednesday.
The arrestees are Moazzem, 32, Rabiul Islam, 35, Selim Reza, 37, Mahidur Rahman, 52 and Fahad Hossain, 29.
Tipped off that a group of people gathered in the area for holding a clandestine meeting, a team of RAB-5 conducted a drive in the area and arrested the five people around 1am, said a press release of the RAB-5.
The elite force members also recovered some books and leaflets on jihad from their possessions.