Students held with arms

Police arrested two college students with a foreign made pistol and three bullets in Choraghat area under Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The arrestees are Sakhawat Ullah Limon, 18, son of Faruk Hossain of village Joyda under Muktagachha upazila and Mahmudul Hassan Sohag, 19, son of Daraj Uddin of Lakkhikhula area under Muktagachha municipality of Mymensingh district. Idris Hossain, sub-inspector of Sadar PS, said a patrol team of police arrested the duo along with the arms and bullets while they were crossing a check-post by a motorbike at around 11:00pm. Earlier, the team set up the checkpost on Jamalpur-Mymensingh road in the area, the SI added.