Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested a 23-year-old former soldier, Mohammad Rahed Hossain Mahed, who was allegedly hiding near the Indian border and involved in an attack plot.

The suspect, named as 23-year-old Mohammad Rahed Hossain Mahed, "had taken refuge in a hideout near the Indian border", said Md Moniruzzaman, head of the police station at Moulvibazar, a northeastern district.