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| Bangladesh |
| 6 outlaws held, firearms seized |
| 2009-08-29 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Law enforcers arrested six outlaws from three south-western districts on Thursday night and yesterday as a crackdown on the extremists continued amid an increasing number of killings in this region. Two operatives of Lal Pataka, a faction of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party, were captured in Meherpur, two of the same faction held in Khulna, and two Gono Mukti Fouz men arrested in Kushtia. Police recovered three rifles and 40 bullets during the drive in Kushtia. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-6 surrounded Gangni upazila parishad building in Meherpur and arrested Suklal, 36, and Mashiur Rahman Tipu, 40, about 11:30pm. A group led by regional leader Tipu was about to hold a secret meeting there. The operatives were taken for interrogation and then handed over to Gangni police yesterday. The arrested are accused in several cases including bomb blasts, extortion and robbery. Tipu is also accused in a murder case filed with the Gangni Police Station. On information, a team of Kushtia sadar police raided Saker Ali's house in sadar upazila about 12:30pm and arrested his son Shariful, a member of outlawed Gono Mukti Fouz, yesterday. Police arrested Samid Sheikh, another member of Gono Mukti Fouz, after extracting information from Shariful. Meanwhile, Detective Branch of Khulna district police arrested two extremists--Mostafa Kamal, 27, and Shamim Khan, 28, of Rupsha upazila about 11:45pm on Thursday, our staff correspondent reports from Khulna. Police recovered a pipe gun and two cartridges from their possession. Law enforcers recently launched a joint drive following killings by outlawed groups in the country's south-western region. |
| Posted by:Fred |