Illegal Arms Factory Busted in Pabna, 2 Detained

Police during a raid detained two people and seized huge equipment used for manufacturing firearm in Pabna's remote Chatra Bill area under Atgharia upazila of the district early Tuesday. On a tip-off, a team of police from Ataikula Police Station conducted a raid in the hideout early Tuesday and recovered a large amount of arms manufacturing equipment from the spot. Police said that ‘Moyez Bahini' had been carrying out various criminal activities in the remote Chatra Beel of the upazila for a long time. Based on secret information, a joint team conducted a raid at the den and seized huge equipment like drill machine, gun powder, cutting machine.

Sensing presence of the law enforcement agencies, many managed to flee, but two were detained.  The two arrested are Monir Hossain, 40, and Rezaul Islam, 42, residents of Sadar upazila. During primary interrogation, the detained men informed that these weapons were being made for locally organised robberies and extortion, said officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ataikula Police Station Habibul Islam.

Ataikula Police Station OC said that the Moyez Bahini had been using the remote Chhatra Beel in Laxmipur Union as a base and holding ordinary people hostage through various crimes. After observing for several days, a raid was conducted on the den of the beel early Tuesday morning.