Faridpur: Police in separate drives arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and recovered three firearms, 10 rounds of bullet, 22 crude bombs and huge explosives in three upazilas of district on Friday, reports UNB.
The arrestees are Farid Mridha, 32, leader of of Ansarullah Bangla Team of Faridpur region and three of his associates- Nahid Mollah alias Nadim, 20, Sahidul Islam, 35 and Mohsin
Mollah, 35. At a press briefing yesterday Jamil Hossain, superintendent of Faridpur Police, said on secret information, a team of police conducted a drive in Bhanga upazila and arrested Nadim.
According his statement during interrogation, police conducted a drive in Sadarpur upazila at night and arrested three others ABT men along with a nine mm pistol, one shooter gun, five rounds of bullet and 12 crude bombs.
After gleaning information from Farid, police conducted another drive in Char Bhadrashan upazila and recovered another nine mm pistol, five rounds of bullet, bomb making materials and Jihadi books from a shop owned by him. Police also recovered 10 more crude bombs from Nahid’s house in Bhanga upazila.