One held with arms at Shahjalal Airport

Security forces of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) today detained a union parisad chairman during check in at the domestic terminal of the airport for carrying a pistol along with seven rounds of bullet.

The detainee was identified as Mohammad Masud Chowdhury, chairman of Fulshahara union of Chowgachha upazila in Jashore, said a press release.

Masud was a passenger of Jashore bound flight ‘Novoair’ this afternoon. He was detained as a pistol and seven rounds of bullet were detected in his handbag by the scanner machine.

After primary interrogation, he was handed over to the local police station for carrying the pistol and bullets without prior declaration, the release added.