Jibannagar (Chuadanga) Correspondent:

Joint forces have arrested a man with a foreign pistol in the area adjacent to Narayanpur in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district. Joint forces have raided a shop selling new bicycles in Narayanpur in Jibannagar upazila town of Chuadanga and arrested the owner of the shop, Gazi Zahid Hasan (36), with a foreign pistol and bullets.

The arrested Gazi Zahid Hasan is the son of Nurul Islam of Mahanagar Dakshinpara, Ward 04 of Jibannagar Municipality. Today, Sunday (December 28), at around 04:00 am, a team of joint forces led by Captain Soumik Ahmed Ayan raided Gazi Zahid's new bicycle shop next to the Model Mosque of Jibannagar Police Station.

At that time, a foreign pistol, two bullets, a smartphone, 11 SIM cards and a mobile phone were recovered from there. At that time, Gazi Zahid Hasan was arrested. The joint forces said that the recovered weapons and equipment were illegal. A case has been filed with Jibannagar Police Station in this regard.

Security has been beefed up in the area following the incident and the joint forces' operation to recover illegal weapons will continue, sources said.