Four militants linked to Dhaka cafe attack arrested

on Wednesday said they have arrested four militants belonging to a banned Islamist outfit who carried out the country's worst terror attack at a popular cafe in Dhaka that killed 22 people, including an Indian girl. The militants belonging to the Neo-Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were arrested during a raid last night from a house in Jatrabari area where they were staying as tenants under a fake identity, a Rapid Action Battalion spokesman told reporters.

He said the four operatives, inclined to the Islamic State terrorist group, carried out the deadly July 1 cafe attack in Dhaka. One of the militants was an IT expert of the outfit, he added. A brief RAB statement later said the four belonged to the Sarwar-Tamin group of JMB and of them Ashfaque-e-Azam was in charge of maintaining websites and providing technical support to the outfit. RAB said they seized two pistols, 21 bullets, four sharp weapons, gun powder from the scene.