Five members of Neo JMB, an ultra-radical offshoot of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), were arrested from Sylhet in connection with the Paltan bomb blast.
The identities of the arrestees could not be known yet.
Counter Terrorism unit (CTU) of police arrested them on Tuesday.
Police claimed that they were planning to attack on Hazrat Shahjalal’s shrine.