Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed to have arrested three people and recovered four foreign revolvers, three foreign pistols, and a huge amount of ammunition from Rajshahi city on Friday.
The arrestees have been identified as Md Atikur Rahman alias Atik, 35, son of Md Abdul Matin, his cohorts Md Shaheen Ali, 25, son of Md Jhandu Mia and Md Shahidul Islam, 26, son of Md Nekchhar Ali.
RAB-5 Commander Lt Col Riaz Shahriar disclosed this information at a press conference on Friday.
He said on the information a team of the elite force conducted a drive at the house of Atik and recovered four foreign revolvers, three foreign pistols, four magazines, eight rounds of bullets, 1.1kg of gunpowder, 750 grams of stone used in making bomb and cocktail, two mobile phone sets and four SIM cards and other ammunitions.
With information revealed from Atik, the elite force also arrested Shaheen and Shahidul from separate places in the city, he said.
“The arrestees informed us that Rajshahi University’s students Tanjim, 27, and Md Abdur Rahim, 28, supplied the arms to them after collecting them from an unknown place near the Indian border,” he said.
The university’s students are members of an anti-liberation force and their main target is to destabilize the stability of the country, he said adding that drives are on to nab them.
Replying to a question, the RAB officer said they had information the arrestees gathered the arms and ammunition to create anarchy in Rajshahi as well as the country ahead of the next parliamentary polls.
