Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Seven people, including a former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader, were arrested with arms and ammunition in a joint operation in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Wednesday night.

The arrestees are Enamul Haque Molla, a former leader of the upazila unit of JCD, his associates Shawkat Mir, Zahid, Mostofa, Siddiq, Bulbul and Tofazzal.

The joint force first conducted an operation at the house of Enamul in Barkul village and arrested him with some weapons. Acting on his information, the law enforcers conducted drives in the village and adjacent areas and detained others with arms and ammunition. The recovered arms include one pistol, three magazines, four bullets, four walkie-talkies, four bats, two electric shoc...