PBCP has a huge stock of arms, says Khulna SP

They are Sabur Sarder, 32 and Abdul Halim, 30. Two shutter guns and a Pipegun were recovered from their possession.

Police said the outlaws were wanted in several criminal cases including three murder cases against each.

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Khulna Police Superintendent Habibur Rahman said Sabur Sarder was the 'second-in-commend' of Dakop-Batiaghate unit of PBCP (J).

There is a huge stock of arms and ammunition with PBCP (J) armed cadres of Batiaghata-Dakop unit. These include arms looted from Ansars of Daulatpur Jute Mill at Khalishpur on the night of April 24 this year.

They are also in possession of modern automatic weapons, the SP said.

The joint forces also arrested on Tuesday another outlaw of NBCP --Shafi Morol, 28-- and recovered a foreign revolver from his possession.

Police said Shafi was arrested from Alka village under Phultala thana where he went to collect Tk 30,000 as toll from shrimp farm owner Kanai Lal.

Acting on Shafi's confession, police later on the day arrested two more alleged outlaws of NBCP Mofizul, 24 and Saeed, 26 --from the same village.