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BSS, Chapainawabganj

Shibganj police arrested two alleged members of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Kansat Biswanathpur in the early hours of yesterday.

The arrested are Hazrat Ali, 22, of Pabanpur village under Niamatpur upazila in Naogaon district and Rafiqul Islam, 27, of Suvangdanga village under Nilphamari Sadar upazila.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shibganj thana Abul Kalam Azad told BSS on Saturday, acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the house of Ekramul at about 1.30 am and picked up the two, who along with four others were holding a secret meeting there.

However, the other members of the outlawed party, including Ekramul, managed to evade the arrest.

The arrested militants confessed to the police that they are the members of JMB, the OC said.