Khulna: Police arrested 24 Jamaat-e-Islami female leaders and activists at Koyra upazila in Khulna Sunday on charges of planning subversive activities.

They also seized three bombs and bomb making materials from their possession.

Being informed, Officer-in-Charge of Koyra Police Station Harendranath Sarker said, police raided at a residence of local Jamaat leader Abdul Hye at the village Gobra and arrested the women while they were holding a secret meeting.

A case was filed with Koyra police station in this connection.

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