Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- Police have arrested four members of the banned Awami League who were allegedly holding a secret meeting at a residence in Dhaka's Azimpur.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner for Media and Public Relations Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the arrests on Sunday.

The arrestees are Md Sohrab Hossain Sumon Mia, 40, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, 46, Md Rasel Ahmed, 42, and Md Mofizul Islam, 50.

Akhtar said Lalbagh Police Station personnel arrested the four during a raid in the Azimpur Samaj Kalyan Goli area on Saturday night.

Sumon is the general secretary of the Awami League's West Sahadebpur Union unit in Kachua Upazila, while Jahangir serves as the unit's organising secretary.

The other two, Rasel and Mofizul, a...