Police held 3 Outlaws in Bagmara

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Police arrested three listed members of outlawed Sarbohara group from Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi yesterday.

The detainees – Shahadat Hossain, 35 of Nakhopara, Nazmul Hossain, 20, and Anwar, also known as Babul and Altaf, 25 of Polashi were sent to jail custody after police produced them before a Rajshahi court showing arrested under emergency ordinance.

Tipped off, a police team led by officer-in-charge of Bagmara police station Mirza Golam Sarwar held them raiding their houses.

Police said, the arrestees were accused in several cases of murder and terrorist activities.

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