At least 25 suspected Islamic militants were arrested after Bangladesh's crack security force raided their hideout in a forest north of the capital, officials said on Thursday. The militants were training in the hideout close to a madrassa near Bhaluka town, north of Dhaka, when they were arrested late on Wednesday, according to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) commander Colonel Nurul Momen. "We found bomb-making materials, fuses, wires in the hideout," Momen said.The raid was the biggest by Bangladesh security agencies in recent months. It came in the wake of intelligence reports that Islamic militants were regrouping in the countryside. The arrested militants were led by 35-year-old Maolana Abdur Rouf who is "wanted in several blast cases and is an Afghan war veteran," Momen said. The other men arrested were aged between 20 and 25. The official BSS news agency said the militants gave up without a fight. Momen said it was not immediately known whether the militants belonged to the banned Jamayetul Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) or another clandestine group. "We are interrogating them," he said.