Some 1,219 bullets were recovered yesterday in a village close to Indian border in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur.
A team of Detective Branch and Jhenaigati police led by Sub-Inspector Mostafizur Rahman seized the ammunition in Boro Gazni area around 4:50am.
Police said locals on Wednesday informed them that Saiful Islam, 35, of the area, has connections with United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), the largest separatist outfit in the northeastern region of India. The police team that evening arrested Saiful.
On information extracted from the arrestee, the police conducted the raid and found a sack full of ammunition under a culvert on the Jhenaigati-Gazni road, said Belal Uddin Tarafder, officer-in-charge of Jhenaigati Police Station. The bullets are for Chinese rifles.
SI Mostafizur filed a case under the arms act with Jhenaigati Police Station accusing Saiful.
Meanwhile, the arrestee was produced in a Sherpur court yesterday afternoon with a remand prayer for seven days.
No hearing on the remand prayer was held and the court sent Saiful to jail.
Earlier in May and July, police recovered 1,285 bullets from two villages of Jhenaigati upazila.
Haluaghat police on May 18 recovered 395 bullets of LMG (light machinegun) and rifle from Bhoraghat.
On December 18 last year, 13,680 bullets were recovered from Bakakura village of Jhenaigati. After a week, Border Guard Bangladesh personnel seized bullets and fuses used for detonating mines and a grenade from the same village.
Source : The Daily Star
