Dhaka, May 13

The counter-terrorism police in Bangladesh have arrested two people for plotting an attack on Parliament and instigating others to join them, according to a media report.

The arrested persons have been identified as Abu Sakib, 22, a member of the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, while the other Ali Hasan Osama is a radical orator.

Sakib opened a Facebook group and urged everyone to come with a sword and a flag with Islamic phrases to attack the parliament building, bdnews24 said in a recent report. However, no one responded to his request.

Sakib was detained from outside the Parliament building on May 5. Osama was arrested on May 6. — PTI