8 arms, 7,000 bullets found abandoned
Eight firearms, 18 magazines and about 7,000 rounds of bullet abandoned by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers were recovered from several ponds at the BDR headquarters at Pilkhana yesterday.
Members from Bangladesh army, navy, fire service and Rab made the recovery in a joint search.
Sources said divers of navy and fire service recovered two rifles, four SMGs, one LMG, one pistol, 18 magazines and around 7,000 rounds of bullet from several ponds.
Meanwhile, Rab members recovered a grenade, 408 rounds of bullet and two magazines of SMG from areas near Moneswar Road.
They also held Jasim Uddin and Mohammad Sumon for stealing the arms and ammunition abandoned by BDR soldiers.
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