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Robbers arrested with arms

Our Correspondent, Kushtia
Police arrested two robbers and recovered two firearms and ammunition from their possession in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district early yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided Jhorpara Primary School where a gang of robbers were holding a meeting at around 1:30am. They arrested two of the gang named Abdul Kalam, 32, and Abdul Momin, 28, while the rest managed to flee. Contacted, Officer-in-Charge of Gangni Police Station M Motiar said Kalam and Momin are accused in two cases, one for robbery and the other for extortion. The robbers were yesterday produced in a judicial magistrate's court that sent them to jail.