Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in a drive arrested a former union parishad chairman along with firearms from Rauthat village in Kosba upazila of the district on Saturday.
The arrestee was identified as Jahangir Alam, former chairman of Binaoti union of the upazila.
On a tip-off, a team of Rab conducted a drive in Jahangir’s house at the village around 7:30am and recovered a locally made revolver and a pipe gun from there, said Bhairab Rab-9 camp sources.
The elite force also seized a number of indigenous weapons, including machetes and knives. -UNB, Brahmanbaria
