1 arrested with firearm, bomb

Members of plainclothes police arrested a man along with a firearm and three powerful bombs in Sadar upazila in Kushtia on Thursday. The arrested was identified as Saiful Islam Shahid,28, son of late Siraj Uddin of Baniapara in Kumarkhali upazila. Acting on secret information that a group of criminals gathered at Char Milpara in the Upazila, a team of detective police raided the house of Deen Islam and arrested Shahid, said Jahid Bin Alam, officer-in-charge of Kushtia Detective Branch of police. Later after interrogation police recovered a rifle and three powerful bombs from the ceiling of the house roof, according to a news agency.