The Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) have cordoned off the city’s Chowhatta point area after finding a bomb-like object on an abandoned motorcycle parked on the road.
Confirming the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday, Jyotirmoy Sarkar, additional deputy commissioner of SMP, said that police had cordoned off the area as an explosive device of a suspicious nature, planted on a black motorcycle, had been found.
“SMP’s bomb disposal unit has been informed. We will be able to say more after inspection,” he added.
Members of SMP’s crisis response team (CRT) were seen monitoring the area.
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