2 outlaws held with 8 bombs

Police arrested two top cadres of outlawed Gono Bahini and recovered eight powerful bombs from Shantidanga village in Sadar upazila yesterday night.

They are Emdadul, 42, son Ibad Ali of Juripara in Sailkupa upazila of Jhenidah and Moinuddin, 30, son of Yusuf Mollah of Pyirapur in Sadar upazila of Kushtia district.

Acting on a tip-off, detective branch (DB) of police led by ASP Alamgir Hossain raided a banana field of the village at about 11:40pm when a group of the outlawed party cadres was holding a meeting.

They caught two of them while some other cadres managed to flee. Police recovered eight powerful bombs from the spot.

Police at a press briefing held at 1:30am at Police Lines said the arrestees have admitted their involvement in the outfit.

Meanwhile, Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) Lal Pataka faction Suja Uddin alias Joy Babu, arrested on Saturday, was taken on a five-day remand yesterday while two journalists--Atiq and Mohsin Ali--were sent to jail in two extortion cases filed against them.

Suja's father and one brother, arrested in the case, were also sent to jail.

Chuadanga police on Saturday evening produced Suja and the two journalists before a judicial magistrate court in the extortion case filed by Ramjan Ali, a member of Karpasdanga Union Parishad of Chuadanga.

Suja Uddin and the two local journalists were arrested from Chuadanga and Meherpur districts on Saturday.

According to police, Suja using the name, Joy Babu, had been demanding extortion from people in Chuadanga and Meherpur for last several months.

Following Suja's confessional statement, police picked up Atiar Rahman Atiq and Mohsin Ali from their residences. Both are local correspondents of Chuadanga based daily Mathabhanga.

Quoting Suja, police said the two journalists were assisting him in collecting toll in their areas and sharing the booty with him.