Bullets with BOF mark used in attack on Barisal police

Hundreds of cartridges with BOF marks were recovered from the spots, ASP Farhad Ahmed said.

He said nature of the attacks and the bullets and weapons used indicate that outlaws from the southern-western region could be involved in it.

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Criminal gangs in Barisal region usually do not attack police and do not have so much firepower and sophisticated weapons, they said.

Police arrested four persons in connection with the incidents that took place in the early hours of Monday.

They are Selim Howlader of Moheshpur, Aziz Mridha and Emdadul Huq Badal of Fultala Betagi and Nasir Howlader of Neamoti.

Eyewitnesses claimed that the miscreants came in three trawlers and made a short stop at the house of Badal and Aziz at Fultala Betagi.

Arrested Nasir Howlader and his associate Montu, a shopkeeper at Neamoti Bandar, were the local agents of the miscreants, sources said.

No looted goods could be recovered till filing of the report Tuesday evening.

The arrested persons were sent to Barisal jail as accused of the case lodged Monday afternoon by Abinash Karmakar, owner of a looted jewellery shop.