15 alleged militants arrested in Chattogram

Police claimed to have arrested 15 militants, including the top leader of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir, from Chandgaon and Bayejid areas of Chattogram early Saturday, reports UNB.

The arrested were identified as Hizb ut-Tahrir regional commander Ershadul Alam, its members -- Nazmul, Lokman, Mahfuz, Imtiaz, Karim, Abdullah Monayem, Kamrul Hassan, Azimuddin, Ariful Islam, Rafi, Azimul Huda, Nasir, Mostafa Akbar Chowdhury and Alauddin.

Police arrested 13 of them from the residential area at Chandgaon while they were holding a clandestine meeting. Two others were arrested from the Bayezid area.

Law enforcement conducted the drives between Friday night and early Saturday, said Md Abdur Rauf, additional deputy commissioner (south) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP).

Police seized several laptops, mobile phones, jihadi books and leaflets from their possession, the ADC added.

Abdur Rauf said that Ershadul was a teacher at a private English medium school.