Rapid Action Battalion Rab) yesterday arrested three activists of ruling party backed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from office compound of Khulna Zila Parishad on charge of snatching tenders from contractors.

The arrested are Saifur Rahman Farhad, Maksud Ahmed Sumon, and Mohammod Kalachand.

The arrestees are close associates of listed criminals Shagor and Palash who are aligned with ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Rab press release said.

Shagor and Palsh have also link with Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddho). They have been evading arrest for the last three years being accused of two murder and seven other criminal cases.

Rab also arrested another listed criminal Zahidul Islam from KDA New market area under Sonadanga thana yesterday. Zahid, son of Akbar Khan of Atarir village under Tala upazila of Satkhira, is the prime accused of a murder case. The case was filed with Tala thana on March

18 last year, Rab press release said.

The arrestees are being interrogated at Rab headquarters at Khalishpur