Joint forces arrested a local leader of the BNP along with arms and ammunition from his house in North Subidkhali in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali district earlier today (November 7).

The arrested person is Jahangir Farazi, general secretary of Mirzaganj upazila unit BNP and son of Motaleb Farazi.

Captain Riman Rafin Nishat, commandant of Mirzaganj Upazila Army camp, said that on tip-off, a team of joint forces raided Farazi’s house and arrested him along with a pistol, a magazine and two bullets.