Rab team raided Nirala Hijeebari area at Sher-e-Bangla Road at about 4:00am and nabbed Moniruz-zaman, Arshaduzzaman and Wahiduzzaman, brothers of Litu, and his accomplices, Rahman Tutul, Dalim, Mamun Morshed Faruqi, Liaqat Ali Sheikh, Saiful Bashar and Ripon.

Two bullets and some sharp weapons were recovered from their possession, RAB sources said.

Litu's three brothers are also accused in journalist Shamsur Rahman murder case. Rahman, Jessore correspondent of daily Janakantha, was shot dead in his office on July 16, 2000.