, July 14 -- A total of 27 members of the notorious "Chhoto Jahangir Bahini' including its chief surrendered to the Bangladesh Coast Guard in the Sundarbans in Chapulia Canal area of Mongla upazila in Bagerhat district on Monday.

They surrendered before the Coast Guard around 5 pm with some locally and foreign-made firearms and ammunition, Coast Guard West Zone (Mongla) Zone Commander Captain Mohammad Mesbahul Islam said on Tuesday.

During the surrender, three foreign-made firearms, one eight-shot shotgun, one four-shot shotgun, five locally made single-barrel guns, 15 locally manufactured pipe guns, two Chinese-made pipe guns, 340 rounds of live ammunition and 55 rounds of spent cartridges were deposited.

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