21 crude bombs recovered from Benapole

UNB, Benapole :

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 21 crude bombs from Bhoberber village under Benapole Land Port police station of Jashore district early today.

Major Mohammad Saqib Hossain of RAB-6 said they conducted a drive in the village in the early hours of today after being tipped off that some bombs were stored there for carrying out subversive activities.

Later, a total of 21 crude bombs, wrapped with tape and jute thread, were recovered from the bank of a pond, he said.

Efforts are on to identify and arrest those involved, said the RAB official.

The recovered bombs were handed over to Jashore’s Benapole Port Police Station and Kotwali Model Police Station.