Three pirates arrested
Police arrested three notorious pirates early Sunday from Bakultala village under Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district. The arrestees were identified as Bacchu,36, son of Jalil Khan, Baki,34, and Khalil,30, sons of Kuddus Khan of the same upazila. All of them belonged to notorious Raju Bahini of the Sundarbans and so long wanted in several criminal cases for extortion and kidnapping of fishermen for ransom, police said. They are being interrogated at Mongla PS in connection with some recent incidents of piracy, police said.
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