Kolkata Nov 22 (IANS) Five members of a dacoit gang have been arrested from a West Bengal district bordering Bangladesh and weapons were seized from them police said on Wednesday.
The five were arrested from South 24 Parganas s Hili on Tuesday an officer said. "Several sharp weapons and firearms have been seized from them."
Hili a town under Balurghat subdivision of the district is a border checkpoint on the India-Bangladesh border.
Police said the five all Indian residents gathered near a village fair in Hili few days back with the motive of dacoity.
"The five dacoits were produced before a Balurghat court on Wednesday where they have been remanded to 14 days judicial custody " the officer added.
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