Two firearms of Swechchhasebak Dal leader recovered in Feni

Staff Correspondent

The army has recovered two firearms belonging to Swechchhasebak Dal leader Abul Hossain Sujan, who went viral, during a special operation in Sonagazi, Feni.

The weapons were recovered from the family graveyard of Momtaz Kerani in Paikpara village of Bogadana Union No. 2 of the upazila in the early hours of Sunday, October 19. He could not be arrested as he was absconding, said Alif Al Ghani, in-charge of the army camp.

It is learnt that a picture of Abul Hossain Sujan, a candidate for the post of general secretary of Sonagazi’s Majlishpur Union Swechchhasebak Dal, holding an LG in his child’s hand recently went viral on Facebook. Following this, the army conducted a special operation in Majlishpur and Bogadana at night.

Captain Alif Al Ghani, in-charge of the army’s Sonagazi camp, said that two locally made LGs filled with a shopping bag were recovered from the family graveyard of Momtaz Kerani’s house in Paikpara village.

Sonagazi Model Police Station OC Saiful Islam said that a case will be filed against an anonymous defendant in the weapons recovery incident.

Efforts have been underway to arrest the child’s father, Sujon, after a photo of him holding a weapon in his hand went viral.