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When arrested, they were in possession of huge golden ornaments, four pistols, a laptop, several lakhs of taka and valuables which were believed to have been looted earlier.
Updated : Oct 18, 2016, 11:39 AM IST
Seven operatives of Bangladesh's outlawed JMB were arrested in Dhaka over charges of robbery, police said on , amid a security clampdown following the July 1 worst terror attack at a cafe.
"Our Counter Terrorism Unit arrested them last night from Tejgaon area with huge golden ornaments...they are believed to be members of JMB (Jamaat ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh) and currently involved in robbery to run their activities," a police spokesman told PTI.
The special police unit also seized from them four pistols, a laptop, several lakhs of taka and valuables which they were believed to have looted earlier, he added.
The development came amid an anti-militancy security clampdown since the July 1 terrorist attack on a Dhaka cafe when 22 people, including 17 foreigners, were killed.