Five NBCP outlaws held, 3 arms recovered

They are Bidhan alias Jewel, 25, of Raipur village; Rahim, 20, of Kharerdanga and Sofhan, 28, of Majhhiara in Tala upazila; Rahmat Sama, 30, of Maynkasi village in Paikgachha in Khulna and Shariful, 28, of Chandra Prasad village in the Bhola Sadar upazila. Police said they are members of NBCP killing squads.

They shot Bachchu Member of Kachhidanga village in Paikgachha upazila at Kachchikasa on Saturday night, who died later at a hospital.

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They were arrested at about 4-30 am Sunday as they reached the overbridge after the killing.

Acting on their confession at Paikgachha thana, police recovered three firearms and 35 bullets.