<p>Assam police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup, police said on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The arrest comes days after security officials said they had uncovered a plot by members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, accused of carrying out scores of attacks in Bangladesh, targeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.<br /><br />The group also planned to assassinate the country's main opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, Indian officials said. Hasina and Zia have dominated Bangladeshi politics for more than a decade.<br /><br />Pallab Bhattacharjee, additional director general of police in Assam, said the woman had been also charged with collecting arms with an intention of waging war against India.<br /><br />"She has been arrested by the special operations unit of the Assam Police and will be produced in court today," he said.<br /><br />The alleged assassination conspiracy was discovered after two members of the outlawed group were killed in an explosion while building homemade bombs at a house in West Bengal last month.<br /><br />Police say the militants were Bangladeshis and were using India as a safe haven to plan the attacks.<br /><br />Mainly-Muslim Bangladesh has suffered three major army coups and two dozen smaller rebellions since gaining independence from Pakistan in 1971.</p>
<p>Assam police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup, police said on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The arrest comes days after security officials said they had uncovered a plot by members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, accused of carrying out scores of attacks in Bangladesh, targeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.<br /><br />The group also planned to assassinate the country's main opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, Indian officials said. Hasina and Zia have dominated Bangladeshi politics for more than a decade.<br /><br />Pallab Bhattacharjee, additional director general of police in Assam, said the woman had been also charged with collecting arms with an intention of waging war against India.<br /><br />"She has been arrested by the special operations unit of the Assam Police and will be produced in court today," he said.<br /><br />The alleged assassination conspiracy was discovered after two members of the outlawed group were killed in an explosion while building homemade bombs at a house in West Bengal last month.<br /><br />Police say the militants were Bangladeshis and were using India as a safe haven to plan the attacks.<br /><br />Mainly-Muslim Bangladesh has suffered three major army coups and two dozen smaller rebellions since gaining independence from Pakistan in 1971.</p>