14 more listed criminals in army dragnet
The joint forces arrested 52 people, including 14 listed criminals, from different parts of the country in the last 24 hours ending 8:00am yesterday.
They also seized three revolvers, one pipe gun, one shotgun and a rifle along with nine bullets, according to a home ministry press release.
The latest spate of arrests pushed the number of people rounded up since the start of the anti-crime crackdown on October 17 to 11,245 including 2,482 listed criminals. The joint forces have so far seized 2,028 firearms and 29,754 rounds of ammunitions.
Our Kushtia correspondent reports that the joint forces arrested four people including a pourasabha chairman.
A team of joint forces raided different areas of Mirpur thana area and arrested Saiful Haq Khan Chowdhury alias Faruq. They also arrested Alauddin Hossain, a BNP activist and a top criminal of the town, from Aruapara area, police said. Hossain is the director of the Kushtia Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The joint forces also arrested two criminals - Delware Hossain Dili and Kawshar Ali - from Mirpur thana area yesterday morning.
In Sherpur, the joint force arrested five people, including a ward commissioner, and recovered some smuggled goods.
The joint forces arrested a wanted criminal, Abu Taleb, from Bakshiganj and three others with 2.5 kilograms of marijuana. They also recovered smuggled timbers worth about Tk 15 lakh from Bakshiganj bazaar.
Our Barisal correspondent reports that the joint forces arrested a person and seized firearms from his possession from Awliapur in Bakeragnj upazila
In Chapainawabganj, the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested a man along with some Indian currencies from the bordering village of Ajmatpur in Shibganj upazila.
The police headquarters in a press release yesterday said 1,271 people, including 19 identified criminals, have been rounded up from different parts of the country in the last 24 hours ending 6:00am yesterday.
They also recovered six firearms, 21 rounds of bullets and an explosive.
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