Outlaw held with gun, bombs in Meherpur

Our Correspondent, Kushtia
Police arrested a regional leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP- Janajuddho) at Hemayetpur village under Gangni upazila of Meherpur district.on Tuesday night and recovered firearms and bombs from his possession. The outlaw was identified as Hafizur Rahman alias Hafiz alias Raju, 40. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the village at midnight and arrested him. On his confessional statement, police later raided Hatubhanga village in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district and recovered one shutter gun, two cartridges and three bombs from a place at the village. Police said Hafizur was an accused in 12 cases, including three for murder, filed with different police stations in Meherpur and Chuadanga districts. He was yesterday produced in Chuadanga Chief Judicial Magistrate's court that sent him to jail.