Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today claimed to have arrested 27 youths of LGBT community for conducting illegal activities in Keraniganj, the outskirts of Dhaka.

They were detained around 3:00am when they gathered at a community centre in Atibazar area of Keraniganj, Zahangir Hossain Matobbar, commanding officer of Rab-10, told The Daily Star.

The owner of the community centre was also held while the elite force was conducting a raid there, CO Zahangir said.

“The arrestees were caught with narcotics,” the Rab official added.