Explosive-like objects found in city

Personnel of the Special Response Battalion (SRB) on Monday recovered cocktail and petrol-bomb-like objects from two locations in Dhaka, including the field behind Ganabhaban and the Rayer Bazar Intellectuals’ Graveyard.

The objects recovered from the field behind Ganabhaban in the evening were later defused by the SRB Bomb Disposal Unit.

SRB-2 Commander Additional DIG Naimul Hasan confirmed the recoveries to the media, saying a team conducted a raid at the former trade fair ground behind Ganabhaban based on secret information.

The Bomb Disposal Unit later reached the site, took control of the area and defused the objects, he said.

The official said police also received information about similar cocktail-bomb-like objects at the Rayer Bazar Intellectuals’ Graveyard.