40 crude bombs seized in Patuakhali
Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 40 handmade crude bombs from a local market in Patuakhali district town last night.
Upon intelligence, a Rab 8 team seized the crude bombs from Shially bazar on the Patuakhali-Barisal highway around 11:30pm, reports our Patuakhali correspondent quoting Md Faizul Islam, commander of the camp concerned.
Three men, who allegedly stored the bombs in an empty shop, managed to flee on a motorcycle before the Rab team arrived there, Rab sources said.
Rab officials could not say as to in what purpose the bombs would have been put to use. A case was filed with Patuakhali police station in this regard.
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