Dhaka, Jan. 10 -- More than 5,000 rounds of ammunition and 27 firearms looted from Narsingdi District Jail in July 2024 remain unrecovered one and a half years after the mass uprising.

Against a backdrop of rising homicides across the district, local residents are voicing concerns over law and order and the potential use of illegal firearms in the upcoming 13th parliamentary election.

Locals are demanding that all illegal arms, including those stolen from the prison, be seized before the polls.

The district's Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration) Md Kalimullah, however, has maintained that the authorities intend to recover these weapons prior to the election.

In the past year, the district has recorded more than 100 kil...