The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Meherpur

Three leaders of the outlawed Purbabanglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Pataka) were arrested from different villages in Gangni Upazila of the district on Thursday night.

Police sources said, acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided the villages and arrested the outlaws-Kamrul alias Kamu, 34, Akhtar, 26 and Khalek, 35.

The sources said the arrested were involved in various criminal activities, including extortion, bomb attacks and terrorism in the district for a long time. They are also accused of looting the Gangibazar on October 5, the sources added.

The outlaws are now being interrogated under police custody.