Fishermen recover SMG snatched from police
Two fisherman brothers have set a laudable example of honesty and responsibility. They have deposited to police a firearm they found in the Meghna riverbed while fishing.
Brahmanbaria Police Superintendent ATM Tarek rewarded them with Tk 5000.
Pichan Chandra Das, 42, and Ranjit Chandra Das, 34, of Lalpur village found the SMC along with 20 bullets in the magazine in deep water near Ashuganj on March 18.
The firearm is among two SMGs and three rifles snatched from policemen during an armed dacoity in passenger launch MLC Queen near Ashuganj on January 27. It was found about 400 yards from the spot of dacoity.
The other SMG and one of the snatched rifles were recovered earlier by local people and deposited to police. Two rifles are yet to recovered.
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