Man arrested in Keraniganj with foreign pistol and bullets; samurai sword and machetes seized

The Special Response Battalion (SRB-2) has arrested a man named Aminul Islam Sagor, 34, in Keraniganj, Dhaka, with a foreign pistol, bullets and locally made weapons.

He was arrested on Monday (9 November) during a raid on a house in the Arshinagar area under Keraniganj police station.

A one-shooter gun, two magazines, 13 rounds of live bullets, a samurai sword, two machetes and a switch-gear knife were recovered from a private car he used. A foreign pistol was also seized from him.

The information was given in a press release signed by Major M Mubin Rahman Tapas, Deputy Director (Media) of SRB-2.

According to the release, SRB-2 learned from its own intelligence that the armed man Sagor was staying at a house in the Arshinagar area. Acting on that information, a team raided the house and arrested him with a foreign pistol and a foreign one-shooter gun.

He was later questioned, and on the basis of the information obtained, the team searched again. During that search, members of the operation recovered two magazines, 13 rounds of live bullets, a samurai sword, two machetes and a switch-gear knife from inside the private car he used.

In its preliminary inquiry, SRB-2 said the arrested Aminul Islam Sagor is an active member of a banned political party. The release said he had been trying to create anarchy and disorder using the local and foreign weapons recovered from him.

The release further said a check of Sagor's records showed a case against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act at the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. He had been arrested once before in that case.

The process of taking further legal action against the seized evidence and the arrested man is under way. SRB-2's operation is continuing to arrest his other associates and recover illegal arms and ammunition.