Man held with firearm in Rangpur

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday arrested a man in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur and recovered a firearm and a bullet from his possession.

The arrestee, Forhat Hossain, alias Nayan, 35, is the leader of “seven star group”, a notorious terror gang in Rangpur city, claimed Mohatar Hossain, additional SP of Rangpur.

Tipped off, a Rab team raided a primary school around 11:00pm and arrested him with the firearm and bullet. Rab handed him over to police after filing a case.