Six more bombs and a sawn off rifle were also recovered from the Ruet campus in last one month.

Recently formed militant group 'Jadid al Quada' in their leaflets spread on the spot claimed ownership of the bomb and said it was a powerful remote control bomb, police said.

At around 12:00 noon, a passer-by saw a tin can wrapped with red tape in front of the university gate and informed Ruet security guards who informed Motihar Police Station.

Bomb expert Sub-Inspector Alamgir rushed to the spot and recovered the bomb. The bomb was put in a bucket full of water.

The bomb contained gunpowder, circuits, battery and bicycle balls, SI Alamgir said.

Following the bomb recovery, police were deployed on the Ruet campus, Motihar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Khandoker Ferdous Ahmed said.

The students, teachers and locals have expressed deep concern over recovery of seven powerful bombs from the Ruet campus in a month.

Earlier on May 22, a bomb was found on the Ruet campus. The next day, police recovered a sawed off rifle and a bomb from students' union office of Shaheed Selim Hall.

On May 24, police recovered two more bombs and found an aluminium sheet carrying a message that Jadid al Qaeda would plant six bombs on the Ruet campus.

On June 2, the joint forces found a bomb at a Ruet dormitory and on June 14 police recovered a powerful bomb in front of Ruet main gate. Earlier, the joint force raided Ruet dormitories and arrested six students for alleged involvement in bomb making.