RAB detains four ‘active militants’ of Ansarullah Bangla Team

Four suspected members of banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team have been detained from Dhaka’s Uttara.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided the suburb area at around 2:00am Friday, Mufti Mahmud Khan, spokesperson for the elite force, said.   

“Four active members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team, the militant group involved with the conspiracies to kill eminent figures and online activists, have been detained by RAB-1,” read a text alert sent out by RAB.

The identities of the suspects are yet to be revealed, according to a bdnews24 report.

Mufti Mahmud Khan will be holding a press briefing from the RAB’s media centre at Karwan Bazar later in the day.