Arms factory unearthed in Ctg
Locally-made firearms, machetes, knives and materials used in manufacturing that recovered during a raid by Rapid Action Battalion-7 at Bhagaban Tila of Jangal Salimpur area of Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong yesterday.Photo: STAR
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) unearthed an illegal arms factory and arrested seven people with some firearms at Bhagaban Tila in Sitakunda upazila yesterday. They are Sadek, Kashem, Nur Islam, Badsha, Osman, Jashim, and Al-Amin Sagar. The arms included seven light guns, one single barrel gun, one revolver, six cartridges, five machetes. A RAB-7 teamcordoned Jungle Salimpur area, where two terrorist groups, "Yakub Bahini" and "Sadek Bahini", were holding clandestine meetings, said Lt Commander Nuruzzaman of Rab-7. During the eight-hour drive, the battalion arrested them, including Sadek, the leader of Sadek Bahini, and recovered the arms from their possession, he said. Later the force unearthed the makeshift arms factory and recovered some gun making materials, Nuruzzaman added.
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