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| 1,482 more arrested, 20 arms seized |
| 2007-02-06 |
| The joint forces arrested 1,482 people on various charges and seized 20 firearms and 26 bombs in the last 24 hours, ending at 6:00am yesterday. Besides, the army personnel arrested general secretary of BNP Sharsha upazila unit Khairuzzaman Modhu with a pistol at his house in the upazila in Jessore, a college pricipal on charge of corruption in Jhalakathi and Titas upazila Jubo Dal President in Comilla yesterday. Army men along with a team of Barisal Education Board went to Rajpur Degree Collage and arrested its Principal Abdul Haque Sarder and cashier Abdus Salam Talukder, according to the UNB. Titas upazila Juba Dal President Salahuddin was arrested at upazila headquarters. He was allegedly involved in criminal activities in the upazila. A home ministry news release said of the 1,482 arrestees, 94 were held by army men and the remaining 1,388 by Rab and police personnel. Army men seized four firearms while Rab and police the rest 22, the news release added. Our Satkhira correspondent reports: the joint forces arrested four people, including a stamp vendor, at Tala upazila settlement office yesterday. According to our Gazipur correspondent, army personnel in separate raids arrested a man with fake stamps in Dhirasram area and six gamblers in Gazipur Stadium area. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 20 guns for all those guys? Brings a new meaning to the word "sharing." |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2007-02-06 19:26 |