Chittagong: Three cases were filed against the five alleged members of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji), who were arrested on Thursday from a suspected militant den in Chittagong.

Golam Rabbani, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) of Rapid Action Battalion-7 Chittagong, filed the cases against Nazim Uddin, Tajul Islam, Hafez Abu Jar Gifari, Iftisham Ahmed and Nure Alam with Akbar Shah Police on Thursday night.

Officer-in-charge of the police station Sudip Das said the Rab official filed the cases under the Anti-terrorism Act, Explosive Substances Act and Arms Act.

Earlier on Thursday morning, RAB conducted a drive at a two-storey building by cordoning it in Akbar Shah police station area of Chittagong and claimed to hold three suspected members of HuJi.

RAB-7 Assistant Director Sohel Mahmud said a team of RAB held arrested two suspected Huji members-Nazim and Tajul carrying arms in AK Khan area of Chittagong city on Wednesday night.

Based on the information gleaned from the duo during primary interrogation, the RAB members conducted a drive at Mukim Talukdar Para in Akbar Shar area and cordoned off a two-storey building at about 6:00am, said Sohel Mahmud, assistant superintendent of police (ASP).

Later, RAB members stormed into the first floor of the building at about 10:15 am and arrested three other HuJi men from the house. The militants burnt down a laptop, mobile phone sets and some documents from the spot.

The RAB members also recovered two firearms, four grenades, huge bomb making materials, some sharp weapons and propagandist books from their possession.