Ten members of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) are sentenced to death by a Dhaka court in a case filed over bomb blasts at a CPB rally in 2001.

A top leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh was attempting to reorganise the banned outfit after returning from Dubai, said CTTC officials after arresting him and two others yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained an alleged activist of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) from Mohammadpur area of Dhaka.