Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed to have arrested four active members of the banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)in an overnight drive in Dhaka city’s Khilkhet area.

Detail information of the arrestees could not be known immediately till filling of this report at 12:11 pm.

Senior Assistant Director of RAB’s Legal Aid and Media Wing and Senior ASP Md Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan confirmed the matter to BSS.

A team of elite anti-crime force conducted a sudden raid in Nikunja area of Khilkhet in the city early today responding to a secret tip-off, and arrested them, he said.

RAB recovered jihadi books and leaflets from their possession during the time, he added.