The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Chandpur

Police arrested a close associate of top terrorist "pichchi" Hannan, killed in the capital in 2005, from a shop at Char Dukhia union in Faridganj upazila Friday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a shop at Pirojpur bazar in the afternoon and nabbed Masud Alam Bhuiyan, 30, hails from East Larua village in Faridganj.

Police said Masud, a close aid of pichchi Hannan, was wanted in a number of cases including of kidnapping and arms cases. Pichchi Hannan was killed in an encounter between police and his associates in the capital in April, 2005.