Bomb blast at Chattogram police box: Another ‘Neo-JMB’ man arrested

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Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested a suspected member of Neo-JMB from Chakaria upazila in connection with bomb blast at a traffic police box in the city’s Sholosohor area.

The arrestee is Mohammad Shahed, 24.

Tipped off, a team of CTTC unit conducted a drive at Harbang in Chakaria upazila and arrested Shahed on Monday night, said additional deputy commissioner of CTTC unit Palash Kanti Nath.

With this, a total of four members of the Neo-JMB were arrested in this connection.

On 28 February, five people including two policemen were injured in a bomb blast inside a traffic police box in the city's Sholoshahar gate-2 area.

On 4 May, police arrested three members of ‘Neo-JMB’ from city’s Bakolia area for their suspected involvement in the incident.