Chuadanga Correspondent:

A joint operation by the army and police in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district resulted in the arrest of a young man named Sowad along with the recovery of weapons. The operation was conducted in Keshabpur Purbapara of the upazila early on Saturday (October 4). The arrested Sowad is the son of the deceased Jasim of that village.

According to army and police sources, the operation was conducted in Keshabpur Purbapara of Alamdanga from 2:15 am to 6:15 am on Saturday based on a secret tip-off.

A shot gun, five rounds of bullets, nine sharp country-made weapons and a shield were recovered at one stage after searching the house of Sowad, the son of the deceased Jasim, in the operation led by Army's BA-10949 Captain Soumik Ahmed Ayan. The arrested Sowad confessed to possessing illegal weapons during initial interrogation, the army said. Later, he was handed over to Alamdanga police.

In this regard, Alamdanga Police Station Officer-in-Charge OC Masudur Rahman said that the process of taking legal action against the detained youth is underway.