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| Bicycle bomb plot foiled in Dhaka |
| 2015-03-09 |
[Dhaka Tribune] RAB yesterday recovered a large cache of explosives in Dhaka and tossed in the calabooseYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! three people who were planning to use an improvised bicycle bomb to launch a large-scale attack. Initially, Rakibul Islam Mandal, 25, was arrested by RAB 2 during a drive at the capital's Karnophuli Garden City; based on his information, the team also arrested Aminul Islam Rana, 30, and Riazul Islam, 22, from a house at Koltabazar in Sutrapur. From the Sutrapur house, the elite force recovered a bicycle rigged with explosives, 58 crude bombs, one pipe bomb, 48 petrol bombs and other materials that were supposed to be used in subversive activities, said RAB's Media Wing Director Mufti Mahmud Hasan. The detainees were reportedly planning to destroy some important establishments in the capital. "Rana had collected high-powered explosives from Khulna. To bring the explosives, they bought a bicycle and dismantled its parts. "They put the explosives inside the iron pipes of the cycle and restructured the frame. They made it in such a way that the explosives could be set off inside the bicycle," the RAB media wing chief said. The RAB claimed that during primary interrogation, the arrestees said they were working for Anisur Rahman Khokon, former organizational secretary of Chhatra Dal's previous central committee. The three detained men had reportedly been carrying out subversive activities including blasting crude bombs, torching and vandalising vehicles in the capital's Gulshan, Badda, Motijheel, Karwan Bazar and Dhanmondi areas. Rana and Riaz also reportedly recruited activists from the Titumir College Chhatra Dal unit after being directed by the alleged financier of their operation -- Khokon. |
| Posted by:Fred |