Ctg JMB leader held with explosives

Police arrested a leader of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Chittagong unit with explosives and grenade-making materials in the port city today.

Arrestee Ershad Hossain Mamun, is a regional commander of Chittagong, reports our district correspondent quoting police.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided a mess in Baganbari area around 7:30am and arrested him with the explosives and grenade-making materials, Sajib Kumar Das, officer-in-charge (OC) of Akbar Shah Police Station, told the daily.

Police were interrogating the JMB leader at the local police station, the OC said in the morning.

Police arrest Ershad Hossain Mamun, Chittagong regional commander of JMB, with the explosives and grenade-making materials in the port city on Monday. Photo: TV grab