Rab arrests 3 with firearms

By Staff Correspondent
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested three people for possessing illegal firearms in the city, says a Rab press release.

Acting on a tip off, the elite force captured the criminals named Sulaiman, 20,Shaheen, 19, and Babu , 22, from Uttar Ibrahimpur area and retrieved one revolver and six round of bullets from their possession.

According to their confessional statement, the detainees were planning to collect tolls with the seized arms by threatening the owner of an under construction building.

The same gang including Langra Momin, a top listed criminal, carried out an extortion mission on December 20 in the city by spraying bullets and threatening people for tolls, the release added.