The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

At least 25,000 people have been arrested so far by law enforcers in the anti-crime crackdown launched across the country under emergency power rules.

A press release issued by the Police headquarters yesterday Police in separate drives across the country arrested 1,591 people in the last 24 hours till 6:00am.

The law enforcers also recovered 11 firearms, 10 crude bombs and 43 rounds of bullet during the period, it added.

In Chapainawabganj, the police recovered a pistol, four bullets and arrested three men from Raghobpur village in Shibganj upazila Thursday.

Shafiqul, 45, and his son Salahuddin, 20, were arrested in a raid of their house from where arms and ammunition seized.

Later, Mujibur, an associate of Salahuddin was picked up from his house.

In Bagerhat, Rapid Action Battalion arrested a ringleader of a robber gang along with six firearms and bullets from Shoronkhola range in the Sunderbans yesterday.

RAB-6 sources said they nabbed gang leader of 'Kabir Bahini' Kabir Hossain and recovered six firearms and 48 rounds of bullet from the forest as per his confessional statement.

The arms and ammunition were deposited to Sharankhola thana.

In Comilla, the staff of Suaganj Forest Station seized a truck loaded with teak timber worth Tk 6 lakh and arrested two people in Daudkandi upazila yesterday.

On information, the officials and employees of the forest station of Social Forest Department chased the Dhaka-bound truck.

Later, they halted the truck near Shahidnagar in Daudkandi upazila and recovered 300 cft of teak timber from it.

The officials also arrested truck driver Abdul Alam, 25, and helper Jahangir Alam, 24, in this connection.