Dhaka: Detective Branch (DB) arrested two suspected members of Middle East-based militant outfit Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from Dhaka on Sunday night.

The arrestees are Aminul Islam Beg, information technology in-charge of a multinational company, and his associate Sakib Bin Kamal, a teacher of an English medium school of the city.

A team of DB raided the house of Aminul in Uttara sector 14 and arrested him on Sunday evening, said DB Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam at a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre on Monday morning.

As per Aminul’s statement, the law enforcers conducted another drive in the house of Sakib in Lalmatia area, Dhaka and arrested him on Sunday night, said Monirul Islam.

Briefing journalists, the DB Joint Commissioner said Aminul was working in Bangladesh as a representative of ISIS. Earlier, he worked here as regional coordinator of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

During primarily interrogation, Aminul revealed that he already collected 20 people, including Sakib, from Bangladesh to join ISIS and then send to Syria and Iraq, Monirul said.