Narsingdi: Members of law enforcement agencies started an anti-extremist operation around 9:00am on Sunday at a house at the Gabtoli village (north) in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi which was cordoned off since on Saturday afternoon suspecting presence of militants there.

Director of RAB headquarters’ media wing Mufti Mahmud Khan said they would start an anti-extremist operation around 9:00am in the morning.

Members of law enforcement agencies cordoned off a house at Gabtoli village(north) in Sadar upazila since on Saturday afternoon suspecting presence of militants there.

A team of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) headquarters and local police encircled the one-story building owned by Dubai expatriate Moin Ahmed around 4:30pm, said assistant police superintendent of RAB Atiur Rahman on Saturday.

A RAB team, led by commanding officer of RAB-11 Kamrul Hasan, will conduct operation in the den after Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police reaches the spot, he said.

Local people said three students rented the house last month.