Sixteen leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir were detained in Habiganj over plotting subversive activities, police said today.

Five crude bombs were seized from their possession, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent quoting Shahidul Islam, additional superintendent of Habiganj police.

Five of them were identified as: Maolana Asharaf Ali, 40, vice-chairman of Nabiganj upazila and Amir of the upazila Jamaat unit, Nurul Amin, 42, secretary of Lakhai upazila Jamaat unit, Yasin Khan, 32, secretary of Shayestaganj Thana Jamaat unit, Hussain Ahmed, 22, president of Shayestaganj thana Shibir unit, and its secretary Nijam Uddin, 18.