The Specialised Rapid Battalion (SRB) has recovered and defused around 20 crude and petrol bombs from the old trade fair grounds in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
Squadron Leader Nifaz Rahman, second-in-command of SRB-2, said the explosives were recovered in the afternoon following a tip-off and defused around 7:30pm on Monday. “Our bomb disposal unit scanned and defused them after recovery. There were approximately 20 of them. The exact number will be announced via a statement,” he said.
Earlier, SRB-2 Commander and Additional DIG Naimul Hasan said 17 explosive devices had been recovered from beside the main road of the old trade fair grounds.
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Source: BD News
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