The joint forces have arrested four people with firearms, bullets and a large quantity of country-made weapons in Lohagara, Narail.
The accused were arrested along with weapons in a drive conducted in Dighalia and Agrahati areas of the upazila from midnight on Wednesday (January 14) to the morning of Thursday (January 15).
The arrested are Tofail Mandal (25), son of Md. Kamruzzaman Mandal of Dighalia village in Lohagara upazila, Md. Russell Biswas (19), son of Tabibur Biswas of Lahuria Daharpara village in the same upazila, Ismail Hossain alias Pintu (50), son of the late Nur Islam Gazi of Boishkhali village in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, and Aminur Gazi (45), son of the late Tofazzal Gazi of the same village.
The matter was confirmed by the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Lohagara Police Station Md. Abdur Rahman.
Police said that based on intelligence information, a joint team of Lohagara Army Camp and police station conducted a raid at night on the house of Tofail Mandal in the Dighalia area of the upazila. Based on his confession, a Chinese 7.62 mm pistol and magazine were recovered from the wardrobe of the house. Later, the joint force, along with the accused Tofail, conducted a raid on the fish enclosure of Chhotan Molya in the Agrahati area of the upazila.
At that time, three accused named Russell, Pintu and Aminur were arrested. Based on their information, the joint force recovered a large amount of domestic weapons including an air gun, 800 pieces of bullets, liquor, chapati, da, ramda from different places in the enclosure.
In this regard, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Lohagara Police Station Md. Abdur Rahman said that the army and police conducted a raid in the Dighalia area as part of a regular operation ahead of the national elections. A large quantity of domestic weapons, including firearms, were recovered during the operation. Four accused were arrested during the operation. The OC said that the next steps to send them to court after showing their arrest in a regular case are under process.
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