Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an active member of Jamaat-e-Islami from Mohammadpur area of the capital during a drive on Saturday night.
The arrested was Md Rasel Rony alias Talukder Shamim, 40, is the son of Shah Alam Talukder, a resident of Haziganj Thana area in Chandpur.
"A team of the RAB-2 arrested him after a search operation was conducted in Dhaka Udyan area in Mohammadpur around 9pm on Saturday," RAB-2 Senior Assistant Director (media) ASP Shihab Karim told BSS on Sunday.
"Rony is an active member and a leader of the banned militant outfit. He was accused of arson and terrorism in a case file with Haziganj Thana on 2014. After getting bail, he went into hiding," he added.
RAB-2 sources said that the arrestee was sentenced to five years of imprisonment and was fined Taka 5,000. Multiple cases were lodged against him at different police stations in Chandpur.
"He has been handed over to the Haziganj Thana Police," the RAB-2 official added.
