The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on November 13 arrested Ali Akbar (37), a ‘regional commander’ of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Goriarpar area of Barisal District in Barisal Division, reports Dhaka Tribune. Books and leaflets propagating JMB ideology were also recovered from his possession. Ali Akbar confessed he was recruited by JMB leader Tarikul Islam Sakib as a ‘regional commander’ of JMB in Shariatpur and was engaged in recruiting, and planning and propagating JMB ideology across Bangladesh.