16 crude bombs recovered in Benapole
Representational Image. Seven crude bombs and a number of local weapons recovered from the Rupali Square area in Basurhat of Noakhali's Companiganj upazila in 2021. Photo: TBS
Police have recovered 16 crude bombs from a waterbank at the Balunda village in Benapole upazila of Jashore.
Kamal Hossain Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Benapole Port Police Station, said they conducted a drive in the village on Saturday (18 November) afternoon on a tip-off that some bombs were gathered there for carrying out subversive activities.
Later, the crude bombs wrapped with red tape were recovered from the bank of a local pond, he said.
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A legal process was underway, the OC said, adding that no one has been detained in this connection so far.
