13,680 bullets recovered

Police, raiding a house in Bakakura of Jhinaigati upazila in Sherpur, recover around 13,500 bullets yesterday morning.Photo: STAR

Police recovered 13,680 bullets from Bakakura village in Jhinaigati upazila of Sherpur yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of law enforcers led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Anisur Rahman of Sherpur, raided the house of Wasir Uddin at about 7:00am and found the bullets of Chinese rifles from an abandoned room.
Eight jute sacks containing 57 packets of bullets were kept under a bed inside the room, the SP said.
Tajul Islam, sub-inspector of Jhinaigati Police Station, filed a case in this connection under the Arms Act.
Police said a gang of four miscreants kept eight sacks at the house of Wasir Uddin, 80, early morning yesterday and left the place. The gang threatened Wasir not to disclose the matter to others, police said quoting Wasir.
Ruling out the involvement of the house owner with the incident, the SP said, "Wasir Uddin is an octogenarian."
Police are now trying to find out whether the bullets were gathered to carry out any subversive activity and a drive is on to nab the culprits, the SP said.
The Rapid Action Battalion troops last year seized 10 Arges grenades from the same area, just two kilometres off India's Meghalaya.