Law enforcement agencies have recovered nine crude bombs from an abandoned spot between Torki Pan Bhandar and Kabir Gharami's house in the Sundardi area of Gournadi municipality in Barisal.
The bombs were recovered around 2:15pm on Sunday, police said.
Locals spotted objects resembling crude bombs at the site around 8:00am and alerted the police. In response, officials from the upazila administration, police and SRB cordoned off the area.
A bomb disposal unit of SRB Khulna-6 arrived at the scene around 2:00pm and safely recovered the nine bombs.
Gournadi Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tariq Hasan Russell said the bombs were recovered with the assistance of the SRB Khulna-6 bomb disposal unit.
“We are investigating how the bombs ended up there, and legal action is being taken in this regard,” he said.
