The police of Bayezid Bostami Police Station of Chattogram City Police (CMP) have arrested two people with a foreign pistol and four bullets. According to the police, the two arrested are associates of identified Chattogram terrorist David Emon.

They were arrested in a raid in front of the Wajedia playground on Oxygen-Quaish Road on Sunday night. The arrested two are Md. Asif (25) and Saidul Islam alias Arif (24).

According to the information provided by the police, a raid was conducted in the area last night to arrest the accused Md. Asif, who is under a court warrant. Sensing the presence of the police, the two tried to run away. Later, the police arrested them.

According to the police, later, a search of their bodies was carried out and a foreign pistol and two bullets were recovered from Md. Asif and two more bullets from Saidul Islam alias Arif. The police said that the slide of the recovered pistol had the words ‘AUTOMATIC PISTOL MADE IN ITALY’ written on it.

According to the police, the two arrested could not show any valid documents to carry weapons and ammunition. During interrogation, the police claimed that they were associates of identified Chattogram terrorist David Emon and confessed to using these weapons in various crimes including extortion.

A case was filed under the Arms Act at Bayezid Bostami Police Station yesterday in this incident.

Police said that Md. Asif has 11 cases including preparation of robbery, extortion, rioting, Arms Act, attack on government employees and attempt to murder. There are two cases of extortion against Saidul Islam alias Arif.