An illegal Bangladeshi immigrant was arrested with a pistol in Agartala, police said on Wednesday. Samajpriya Chakma, a resident of Bangladesh’s Khagrachhari district, was arrested from a house in Adarsha Palli in the AD Nagar police station area of the city on Tuesday night, they said.
“A sophisticated pistol with three bullets was recovered from his possession. A total of Rs 2.21 lakh in Indian currency notes and Rs 25,000 in Bangladeshi currency were also seized from him,” SDPO (Sadar) Debaprasad Roy told media persons.
