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2 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Kushtia

Police on Monday night arrested a ringleader and recovered firearms, bullets and swords in Pangsha upazila in Rajbari. Arrestee Mizanur Rahman alias Ripon, 32, was 'second-in-command' of notorious Taijal Bahini. Taijal was rounded up when police raided a den of the gang in Dompara area at about 8.30: pm. Police also recovered one SMG (short machine gun), a foreign made revolver, two local made shutter guns, eight bullets and 11 swords from hidden places of the den. Sources said Taijal and his men fled the upazila soon after takeover of the caretaker government. But they recently returned to the area and started reorganising the gang.