Six people including three leaders of outlawed P u r b o B a n g I a r Communist Party (PB( P) were arrested in the early hours ol Monday from I ala and Shyamnagar thana of Salkhira.

Police recovered three firearms along with 16 rounds of live cartridges from (heir possession.

Ilie arrested were identified as 1 avlu. 24, Alauddin, 25, Abdur Rab, 22. Abdur Razzak. 30, Jobed Ali, 28, and Amjad Hossain, 32.

PBCParmed cadre lavluisoneof (he accused in eight murder and two arms act cases filed last year with different police stations of Khulna,

police said.

T he PBCP armed cadres were st aying in the house ol Wahab Sarder of I lajrakali village under Tala thana with an assignment from party high command io murder a BNP leader, police said. But we have foiled ihe conspiracy. Fala thana OCsaid.

Lavlu, an inhabitant of Pabla under Daulatpur (hana in Khulna city, is (he ring leader of Salkhira zonal committee, police said. He is an accused in different cases lor killing Daulatpur thana Al leaders Hasan Tarafdar and Bikash Barhi and Mir Elias Hossain Dilip and Alkaj of Jhenidah, Ganesh and Panna ol Khulna city and Iwo others of Jessore and Saikfura, police said quoting lavlu’s confessional statement.

bvlu also confessed his direct | involvement in looting ol arms from Sundarban Sea I oods Ltd ol Rupsha upazila and Shiromom ( able Far lory under Khanjahan Ali thana of Khulna city. I Ie has also given a dear picture about his party's activities in Khulna division. He has also disclosed ihe names ol persons in the hu lisi of PIN R additional police super of Sa I kitira said.

He said all these six arrested criminals were so long involved also in armed dacoitles, and arson in several areas of Saikhira district.

I he three armed cadres of PB( I' will be brought to Khulna city tomorrow (Thursday) or I riday for showing them arrested persons in murder cases filed with five police stations.

I heoihcrarrested Razzak,lobed and \mjad arc plrati s of the Sundarbans. I hey have link with ihe PBCR police said.