Dhaka, May 27 -- The Bangladesh Army has arrested "top gangster" Subrata Bain in an operation at a three-storey building in Kushtia.

The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) called a press conference in Dhaka at 5pm on Tuesday to provide details on the matter.

Earlier in the morning, the army personnel conducted a drive into the building in the city's Kalishankarpur and arrested Subrata and another individual.

Although media reports claim that the person arrested with him is another "top criminal" Molla Masud, no official confirmation of this has been made.

Kushtia Model Police Station chief Mosharraf Hossain told bdnews24.com, "We have heard that a top criminal was arrested from there. But no one has officially informed...