30 powerful bombs, gun powder recovered from Jessore

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has recovered 30 bombs and 1.5kg gun powder from the carpeting mill area in Jessore, confirmed by RAB official after concluding a drive.

A team of RAB-6 recovered thirty powerful bombs after searching a pond adjacent to Shahidul Islam alias Sappa's house.

Shahidul died on Wednesday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after being critically injured in a bomb explosion when making these bombs at his own residence near Carpeting Bazar area under Avoynagar upazila of the district on Tuesday.


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"Shahidul was preparing these powerful explosives devices with a motive of serious criminal activities," said Lt Col Mostaq Ahmed, commander of RAB-6, Khulna, at a press briefing around 4pm on Friday.

Later, a bomb disposal unit rushed to the spot and deactivated those explosives.

Shahidul’s wife was arrested by Avoynagar police in connection to this.