Dhaka, April 29 -- Four suspected extremists have been arrested in Dhaka with explosives, firearms and other materials.

A team of the Detective Branch of police from the Ramna Division made the arrests in a series of raids from Monday night to Tuesday afternoon.

The detainees have been identified by police as Imran Chowdhury, 29, Mostakim Chowdhury, 25, Ripon Hossain Sheikh, 28, and Abu Bakkar, 25.

During an afternoon press conference, DMP Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam identified them as members of 'ARSA'.

Later, an officer involved in the operation said information regarding their links with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had been uncovered.

By night, a press release from the DMP's Public Relations Division described t...