Police have recovered a pistol that was looted during an attack on three people including two members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Mirsarai in Chittagong.
The firearm was recovered early Sunday in front of a house in ward 5 of Baraiarhat Municipality in the upazila, said Nur Hossain Mamun, officer-in-charge of Jorarganj police station.
Earlier on Saturday, Mamun gave a 24-hour ultimatum to return the looted firearm in a meeting with some local traders at the municipality.
“On Saturday night, we received an anonymous call that gave information about the arm’s location. We found a letter with the arm that said the man who kept it, was scared to hand it over to the law enforcers directly after finding it,” he added.
Earlier on Wednesday evening, some drug peddlers attacked three people including two RAB personnel, spreading rumours of robbery when they went to Baroiarhat Municipality bazar in a car to gather information about drug business in the area.
The elite team members were seriously injured in the incident. They were later taken to Dhaka by helicopter for better treatment.
RAB-7 has so far detained 13 people over the incident in Chittagong and Feni districts after identifying them from CCTV footage.
