Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 18 (HBTV): Security forces apprehended five members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Assam today. JMB is a radical terrorist organisation operating in Bangladesh.

A senior official of Assam police told ANI that five members of JMB were apprehended from the Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts.

'Four JMB members were apprehended from Kokrajhar district and one apprehended from Dhubri district,' the police official said.  

The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen or "Assembly of Mujahideen–Bangladesh" abbreviated as ‘JMB’ is reportedly a radical islamist terrorist organisation operating in Bangladesh. It is listed as a terror group by Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Australia, available information say.

(ANI)