Bomb-like objects found at Mirpur-10, Farmgate metro stations

Two bomb-like objects were found at metro rail stations of Mirpur-10 and Farmgate on Saturday, triggering panic and security alerts.

A bomb-like object was spotted inside an abandoned bag near lift of Mirpur-10 station, Mirpur Model Police Station OC Hafizur Rahman confirmed. Police, later, cordoned off the Mirpur site and called in the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) bomb disposal unit.

Meanwhile, DMP Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner Ibne Mizan said a sack had been found beside a pillar beneath Farmgate Metro Rail Station.