Police suspect there are more firearms hidden here
Police suspect there are more firearms hidden hereA large cache of sophisticated firearms and ammunition has been recovered from Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila.
“Two rocket launchers, 62 M16 assault rifles, SMGs (submachine guns) and LMGs (light machine guns), 40 magazines, four pistols, two walkie-talkies, 42 hand grenades and a large number of bullets have so far been recovered from the Gutibo area on early Friday,” Detective Branch’s Sub-Inspector Mofizul Islam said.
He said that they had searched the area for weapons based on information given by one Sharif Miah.
“Police found an LMG at Sharif’s house on Thursday but he managed to escape,” the SI said. Sharif was apprehended within hours from Chashara.
“He gave us information about this weapons cache,” the DB officer added.
Rupganj police’s Officer-in-Charge Islam Hossain said that such firearms were “usually used by Indian separatist outfit Ulfa and militant group JMB.”
“The drive is still going on,” he said. “We suspect there are more firearms hidden here.”
A fire service team reached the spot and would start a drive to unearth more firearms.
