Two held with pistol

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged arms peddlers with a foreign made pistol and a magazine from Pabna bus terminal area in the town on Tuesday night.

The arrestees are Md Robel, 27, son of Md Abul Kashem of Johirpur village, and Md Kawsar Hasan, 28, son of Abdul Kader of Rajapur village in Sadar upazila.

On secret information, the elite force raided the area and arrested the two with the firearm around 10:30pm, said an official of Rab-12.

The two were produced in a court that sent them to jail yesterday, he said.