Arms, ammo seized at Mymensingh newspaper office, 2 held

Detectives in a drive arrested two people along with two pistols, six rounds of bullet and arms making materials from a local newspaper office in Maskanda BSCIC Industrial area of Mymensingh town early Sunday.
The arrestees were identified as Mehedi Hasan Nadim, managing secretary of The Dainik Jahan newspaper, and Rasel, a staff.
Imarat Hossain Gazi, officer-in-charge of Detective Branch (DB) of police said on secret information a team of DB conducted a raid in the newspaper office early in the morning and recovered two foreign-made pistols, six rounds of bullets and some arms making materials and locally-made sharp weapons.
Later they arrested the duo in connection with the incident.
“DB will brief the reporters about the incident around 12:00pm,” added the OC.