Outlaw held, arms recovered
A 'regional leader' of outlawed Lal Pataka, a faction of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCL-ML), was arrested in Chuadanga yesterday. According to police, a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-6) and Alamdanga police raided a house at village Munshiganj in Alamdanga upazila at about 2:30 am and arrested Rana alias Babu, 38. They recovered one rifle, one shuttar gun, six bullets and four bombs form his possession. Hailing from village Jhutikadanga of Mirpur upazila, Rana was recently organising the outfit in Kushtia and Chuadanga, police and Rab sources said. Accused in at least a dozen cases including five for murder in Kushtia and Chuadanga, Rana was a listed outlaw in the area.
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