Police have arrested a former member of the Bangladesh Army in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha Upazila on suspicion of being influenced by the ideology of the banned outfit Neo Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo JMB).

According to a statement issued today by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the arrested individual has been identified as Md Rahed Hossain Mahed, a dismissed former serviceman.