Two IU students, said to be outlaws, held with arms

Police arrested two students of Islamic University (IU) and recovered firearms and ammunition from their possession early yesterday.
According to police, both are members of an outlawed party and close aides to Gano Bahini leader Ali Reza alias Kalu.
The arrestees were identified as Jewel Rana and Almgir Hossain. They are students of honours final at Bangla Department of the university.
Of them, Alamgir is general secretary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League and nephew of Kalu.
Chokdar Abdul Halim, assistant police superintendent (ASP-circle) said a patrol team led by himself was waiting at Dahkula bazaar on a tip-off that a group of outlaws will go to Abdalpur village at about 3:30 am by that way.
Seeing a motorbike, the police team stopped them. When the two riders--Jewel Rana and Alamgir tried to flee police chased and arrested them and recovered one pistol and three bullets from Rana's possession.
Police said both had connection with Kalu. Kalu is most wanted Gano Bahini leader in the district.
Meanwhile, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Wednesday night arrested a top outlaw.
The arrestee is said to be the mastermind of bomb blast incident at Amla bazaar on December 28 that injured three Awami League leaders.
Rab said they arrested Golam Mostafa alias Mote Malitha, 45, from Ita village in Poba upazila in Rajshahi.
Mote is a regional leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) faction Lal Pataka, Rab sources said.
According to Rab-12, Kushtia unit, they had information that Mote had been hiding at a house of the village to evade arrest for the bomb blast.