Jamaat leader held with firearms

CHUADANGA, May 19: A Union Parishad (UP) chairman was arrested from the Damurhuda Gulshan Para area under Damurhuda Upazila head quarters of the district Sunday evening and recovered two shutter guns, four cocktails, four rounds of bullet, seven 'jihadi' books and some anti-government leaflets from his possession.

The arrestee was identified as Shariful Alam Milton (40), son of late Ansar Ali, and Ameer of Jammat-e-Islami of Damurhuda Union unit and also assistant lecturer at Damurhuda Abdul Wadud Shah College.