UP chairman arrested with arms, ammo in Sylhet
Police arrested a union parishad chairman with arms and ammunition at Islamganj Bazar of Sylhet Sadar upazila on Friday evening.
Police seized a pistol, seven rounds of bullets and a knife from Monfor Ali, chairman of Jalalabad Union Parishad.
Monfor is also an accused of nine cases including police assault and extortion cases, said police.
Okil Uddin Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad Police Station, said a new arms case was filed with the station against the UP chairman who was sent to jail by a Sylhet court.
Monfor Ali from Kalaruka village in the upazila was elected chairman of the union in 2016 as an Awami League rebel candidate.
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