Dhaka, July 28 (TIWN) At least 19 militant leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami, and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have been arrested in Bangladesh's Chattogram city, officials said.

Police said the militants were arrested on late Monday night from a house – Rangunia Building in Mazar Lane, Adurpara.  A police officer said that the militant leaders had motivated several groups to oust the government, and made sabotage attempts in Dhaka-Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highways by disrupting important places and government institutions.