The anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion( RAB) nabbed two activists of the BNP backed Jatiyatabadi Chattra Dal (JCD) in connection with the recent arson attack across the capital Dhaka
RAB personnel also seized petrol bombs, improvised explosives, and equipment from their possessions.
The arrested JCD caders were identified as Md Nayon, 22, and Md Alamin, 23. Both of them were Chhatra Dal leader.
RAB claimed that the arrested JCD men made and supplied petrol bombs and improvised bombs following the instruction from the Jubo Dal leaders.
A RAB-10 team arrested them on Tuesday from Kadamtoli area in the capital Dhaka.
RAB team seized 13 improvised bombs, 15 petrol bombs, gunpowder, glass powder, and other materials needed to make explosives from the possessions of Nayon and Alamin.
According to the RAB officials , BNP leaders and activists torched buses, trucks, autorickshaws, three-wheelers, ambulances, and other vehicles using improvised explosives and flammable materials in an attempt to halt the 12th parliamentary election since Oct 28.
They also injured law enforcers in attacks with brickbats and sticks. They beat and hacked one police constable to death and began to carry out a series of sabotage incidents across the country.
The RAB will continue raids to nab the saboteurs, it said.
A case was filed against them in this connection.
