Police in Bangladesh, have arrested five men deported from Singapore as part of an investigation into Islamist plot to carry out attacks in the South Asian country. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday, it had detained eight other Bangladeshi men who were planning attacks in their homeland, using the name Islamic State in Bangladesh.
It said, the five men returned to Bangladesh, were found in possession of Jihadi-related material. Dhaka city police spokesman said the five, who traveled to Singapore between 2007 and 2011, were being investigated for possible connections with local militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team.
Islamist militants in Bangladesh have targeted atheist bloggers, academics, religious minorities and foreign aid workers in a series of killings that dates back to February 2015 and has claimed at least 20 lives.