DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi security forces said on Wednesday they had arrested three lawyers practicing at the Supreme Court in connection with funding for an Islamist group to buy weapons.
They had given 10 million taka ($13,000) to the newly formed Shaheed Hamza Brigade, Miftah Uddin Ahmed, head of the Rapid Action Battalion in the Chittagong region, told Reuters, adding that they were arrested overnight in the capital Dhaka.
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