Cocktails, petrol bombs recovered in Naogaon

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered several cocktails and petrol bombs from Jhargharia area of Badalgachhi upazila in Naogaon district on Wednesday morning.

According to RAB sources, they conducted a drive in Jhargharia village and recovered the explosive items near a grocery shop in an abandoned condition.

RAB officials recovered six cocktails, four petrol bombs and about 400 grams of bomb-making chemicals from a plastic sack containing a paper carton from the spot.

RAB officials confirmed the incident and said that the recovered items were later destroyed in an open field with assistance from a bomb disposal unit.

After destruction of the explosives, a general diary (GD) was filed with Badalgachhi Police Station, added RAB officials.

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