Bomb scare at Dhaka airport
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka/Photo- Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Law enforcers beefed up security at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday night after getting information that passenger of a Dhaka-bound flight of Malaysian Airlines possesses a bomb.
The flight MH-196 landed in Dhaka from Malaysia at 9:38pm. Some 135 passengers were on board.
"Security was increased at the airport after a news spread that one of the passengers of the flight possesses a bomb. A team started searching the plane immediately after landing," Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam told media.
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However, no bomb was found on the plane, law enforcers told reporters at 1am Thursday.
A large number of members of different forces were deployed at the airport.
