DB arrests listed terror suspect with firearms in Pallabi

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a listed criminal and recovered two firearms and ammunition during a drive in the Pallabi area of the capital late Monday night.

The arrestee was identified as Ashikur Islam Shanto, 20.

Based on secret information, a team of DB (Mirpur Division) conducted the operation in front of Meghbaran Restaurant in Section-11 under Pallabi Police Station around 11:10pm. The detectives had information that a gang of armed men and drug dealers were staying inside the restaurant, said DMP's DC (Media) Talebur Rahman on Tuesday afternoon.

Sensing presence of the law enforcers, arrested Ashikur was trying to flee the scene but finally he was caught.

Acting on his information got during primary interrogation,the detectives carried out another drive on the ground floor of an abandoned DNCC market at Paris Road in D Block of Mirpur-10 Section and recovered a foreign-made revolver, a foreign pistol with a magazine loaded with two rounds of 9mm bullets, and 20 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition by digging under the staircase .

A case was filed with Pallabi Police Station in this connection. During interrogation, Ashikur reportedly confessed to being an active member of a terrorist group known as "Bhaira De." He and his associates had long been involved in drug trading, extortion and snatching in the Pallabi area by intimidating people with firearms, the DC (Media) said. Police also said Ashikur is a charge-sheeted accused in 10 cases, including snatching, preparation for robbery, theft and narcotics cases filed with different DMP police stations.    �"UNB