One held with bombs

A joint team of Rab and police arrested a man in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district on Tuesday night and recovered four bombs from his possession. The arrestee Billal Hossain, 55, of Thanapara village in the upazila, used to supply bombs to outlawed parties and criminal gangs, Rab sources said. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Rab-6 and Gangni police raided a tea stall owned by Billal at Thanapara at around 8:00pm. They recovered four bombs from the teashop and arrested him. Gangni police said Billal was accused in two cases filed with the police station under Explosive Substances Act. He was arrested along with bomb-making materials in September this year and released on bail a few days ago, said Officer-In-Charge Motiar Rahman of Gangni Police Station.