Criminal held with firearm

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged criminal along with a 9 mm pistol from Puraton Kosba area in Jessore town yesterday morning. The arrestee is Zafor Ali, 25, son of Siddikur Rahman of Kasiani village in Gopalganj district. Rab-6 jessore camp sources said, acting on a tip-off, they raided the house of Zafor at around 7.00am and arrested him along with the firearm.