A Jubo Dal leader has been arrested with firearms, bullets and cartridges in a joint operation in Chatkhil, Noakhali. The accused was handed over to the Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate Court around noon on Tuesday (June 24). Earlier, he was arrested from his house on the south bank of Sater Dighi in Dharmapur village of the upazila in the early hours of the same day.

The arrested Jahidul Islam Rubel (38) is the president of Ramnarayanpur Union Jubo Dal in the upazila and the son of the deceased Hossain Chowdhury of the same area.

According to the police, the army and police jointly conducted a raid in the south bank of Sater Dighi in Dharmapur village of Ramnarayanpur union of the upazila in the early hours of the morning. At that time, a country-made pistol was recovered from the sunshade of the window on the south side of the house of Jubo Dal leader Rubel, to which the trigger and firing pin were attached. In addition, 7 rounds of 303 rifle bullets, 7 rounds of 12 bore cartridges (rubber bullets) and an old iron chapati were recovered.

Advocate Abu Hanif, member of the Noakhali District BNP Convening Committee and former president of Chatkhil Upazila BNP, said that Rubel is the current president of the Union Jubo Dal. He is known as a humble and polite person in that area. Someone conspired to trap him by placing the weapons on the cornice outside his house.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chatkhil Police Station Mohammad Firoz Ahmed Chowdhury said that the accused himself took out these weapons and ammunition during the operation. A case has been registered against him under the Arms Act at Chatkhil Police Station in this incident. Case No. 9. Later, he was arrested in that case and handed over to the Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.