A special team of Lalmonirhat district police with the help of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP arrested an alleged member of banned militant outfit Neo JMB from Khilgaon area in Dhaka on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Nazmus Sakib, 26, a resident of Hatibandha area of Lalmonirhat. Read: Neo JMB member arrested in Dhaka He has already been taken to Lalmonirhat following his arrest,Officer-In- Charge of Hatibandha Police Station Ershadul Alam told UNB. Read: Drive at Savar 'militant den': Woman held, explosives seized “ Sakib is an active member of Neo JMB. There are arrest warrants against him on charges of attacking police officers and for involvement in anti- state activities,” the OC added.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit on Sunday night arrested a suspected member of Neo JMB along with three bombs and bomb-making materials following a raid on a house in Kazipara area at  Madanpur port of Narayanganj. The arrestee was identified as Major Osama alias Nayeem, a member of the military wing of Neo JMB. Read: Suspected militant hideout cordoned off in Narayanganj CTTC chief Md Asauduzzaman said three bombs, four remote controls, bomb-making  materials and a large number of jihadi books were seized during the raid. He also said that the members of a bomb disposal unit defused the bombs at the spot. He said that Osama was an Imam of a local mosque and used to live in a house beside it with his family. Read: Suspected militant detained in Dhaka He operated his militant activities from the house, said the officer. “Three days ago we arrested three members of Neo JMB from Mirpur. We got information about Major Osama from them,” added Asaduzzaman. “We arrested him from nearby his home on Sunday evening  and later raided his house at night,” he said. Read:Govt helping militants to get back normal life: Minister However, family members of the arrestee were not in the house during the raid. "The house was used as a den of militants to make bombs. The bomb, found near a police box in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj on May 17, was made in this house, CTTC Additional Deputy Commissioner Ahmedul Islam said on Sunday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP's) Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit on Sunday night cordoned off a suspected militant den in Narayanganj's Araihazar. Police suspect that Neo JMB men have stored bombs and bomb-making materials in the house – located in Araihazar's Noagaon Miabari. Also read: Suspected militant detained in Dhaka CTTC found out about the house after arresting the imam of a Noagaon mosque, Abdullah Al Mamun, in the evening for his alleged involvement in militancy. "During primary interrogation, Mamun admitted that he is an active member of Neo JMB," CTTC Bomb Disposal Unit's Additional Deputy Commissioner AKM Rahmatullah said. Also read: Eight militants sentenced to death in Dipan murder case "The house was used as a den of militants to make bombs. The bomb, found near a police box in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj on May 17, was made in this house, CTTC Additional Deputy Commissioner Ahmedul Islam said. Police said they would enter the house after assessing the situation.

Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested two members of ‘Neo JMB’ from Sadarghat area of the city on Monday.

Police recovered a powerful bomb and materials used to make bomb from the house of suspected Neo-JMB member Sanaul Islam Sadi in Sylhet city’s Jalalabad residential area on Tuesday night.

Police arrested two students of Khulna University for their alleged ties to banned militant group ‘Neo JMB’ from Gollamari Khurshednagar in the city here early Saturday.