The wife of one of the two convicted militants who fled Dhaka court with the help of other militants has been arrested from Narayanganj. The arrestee is Shikha, wife of Md Abu Siddique Sohel alias Sakib alias Sajid alias Shahab. Tipped off, a team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) conducted a drive in the area and arrested Sikha from Narayanganj on Friday night. Details about the arrest will be disclosed through a media briefing. Read more: 2 militants who escaped from Dhaka court will be arrested any time soon: DB Chief Two militants- Md Abu Siddique Sohel alias Sakib alias Sajid alias Shahab and Moinul Hasan Shamim alias Samir alias Sifat alias Imran- were sentence to death in publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case. They managed to escape Dhaka court premises with the help of some  other militants after using pepper spray on policemen on November 20, 2022. They are members of the banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam.  

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTCU) of police on Monday sought permission to interrogate Didarul Bhuiyan and Minhaz Mannan Emon in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for ‘anti-government posts’ on Facebook.

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.