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| 9 bombs recovered in Kushtia, Meherpur in two days | |
| 2007-11-11 | |
| Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered six bombs in Meherpur yesterday and three others in Daulatpur upzila in Kushtia on Thursday. Rab also arrested a member of infamous gang group Lalchad Bahini in Kushtia yesterday and recovered firearms from his possession. Acting on a tip-off, a team from Rab-6 raided Kederganj Bazar in Mujibnagar upazila in Meherpur yesterday morning and recovered six bombs. Wrapped in a polythene bag, the bombs were kept in a garbage. Rab picked up shop owner Golam Hossain from near the spot but released him after interrogation.
On Friday, law enforcers recovered three bombs from a graveyard at Khalishakundi in Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Thursday. According to police, local people saw three bomb-like things there in the morning and informed them. Teams from Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-12 and Philipnagar camp police went to the spot and recovered the bombs. Kushtia Police said they were investigating into the matter. In Kushtia, a team from Rab-12 arrested Abul Kalam, a top cadre of notorious Lalchad Bahini from Philipnagar village in Daulatpur upazila. Rab said tipped-off, they raided the house of Kalam at the village and arrested him at about 6:30am. Rab recovered a shutter gun. Daulatpur police said Kalam was a close accomplice of Lalchad, chief of Lalchad Bahini who is evading arrest for last six years. | |
| Posted by:Fred |