Bangladesh, Sept. 20 -- Among those arrested on suspicion of militancy from the Tejgaon College Mosque in Dhaka, 12 had planned to establish an extremist organisation called "Ittehadul Ummah" to form a caliphate, says Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed.

Advertisement They were arrested in a raid based on information available to the government's intelligence agencies, he said at a press briefing at the Secretariat on Sunday.

Salahuddin said, "Several people were sitting and holding discussions in the mosque even after prayers were over. Our intelligence agency had information that such activities might be taking place. They went there and arrested them based on the intelligence report. There were probably around 23 of them."

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