The BDR has beefed up security along the Indian border in Thakurgaon, following rumours that seven members of the JMB suicide squad were holed up in the district town with a plan to strike again, reports UNB. A senior official of BDR's Battalion 20 said the measures have been taken in response to the overall security situation of the district. The police and other security forces have also stepped up efforts to ensure security in the district reportedly following an intelligence report from the capita, said sources. According to the unconfirmed report, a 10-member suicide squad of JMB had recently been dispatched to Dinajpur. Seven members of the squad had already entered Thakurgaon, a district police official said, requesting anonymity.Sources also claimed the JMB squad is likely to strike within a week, but they did not specify the targets. Acting on the intelligence, police teams have carried out raids on several possible hideouts of JMB men across the districts but to no effect. Acting OC of Thakurgaon Police Station Mazhar Hossain said police on Tuesday night raided in vain Lakshmipur-Debadangi village under Sadar upazila for three people suspected to have a direct role in the August 17 blasts. Imam Abdul Gafur of Thakurgaon Ahle Hadith Mosque and Rezwan alias Razzak, a student of Ranisangkoil Kuwaity Madrasa, were among the suspects.
Earlier, a bomb-like device was recovered on Tuesday from a paddy field in Singia village under Sadar upazila. The recovery caused panic among the locals. The device, wrapped in red tape and electric wire, has been taken for examination by the army's explosives experts. Deputy Commissioner of Thakurgaon Gazi Mizanur Rahman said security had been further tightened on the court premises and other important installations while gunmen were assigned to be with the judges in line with government directives.