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BSS, Netrakona

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged absconding terrorist and illegal firearms holder from village Kakarkanda under Durgapur upazila of the district on Friday night.

Police and RAB sources said, acting on a secret information, a team of the RAB-9 led by Major Mahedi Hasan cordoned off a residence at the village and caught the terrorist Abdul Awal (37) red-handed and recovered one pipe gun and two round of ammunitions from his possession.

The arrested Awal was the son of one Abdus Satter of the same village. He was wanted in connections with 12 criminal cases, including terrorism, dacoity and extortion, pending with Durgapur Police station.

The arrested terrorist was taken to RAB office in Mymensingh for interrogation, the sources added.