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RAB members arrested two JMB activists and recovered
28 grenades in Chittagong yesterday. Focus Bangla

UNB, Chittagong

RAB arrested two suspected cadres of outlawed JMB and seized 28 homemade grenades from a residential hotel in the city yesterday.

Masood and Korshed, both in their late 20s, were held from a room of Nirpad residential hotel at Teribazar at 6pm. On search, the grenades and more than 100 jihadi books and audiocassettes were recovered from the room. Hotel owner Yunus was also held for interrogation.

RAB claimed that Masood who came from Comilla has confessed his involvement in the December 23 abortive attempt of grenade attack on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's election campaign at Debidwar. He also named his associates.

Khorshed, who comes from Chittagong, and a longtime newspaper hawker in the city, has no connection with JMB. Masood called him to the room when RAB raided the hotel room.