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CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Special Response Battalion (SRB) personnel have recovered 92 crude bombs, 11.8 kilograms of gunpowder and other bomb-making materials from a mango orchard in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila.
The explosives were recovered during a raid on Thursday (October 15) night. However, no one has been arrested in connection with the incident so far. The SRB confirmed the development in a press release on Friday morning (October 16).
According to the press release, acting on a tip-off, a team from SRB-5, CPC-1, Chapainawabganj, conducted the raid around 2am in a mango orchard in Purba Tikra village, Ward No. 2, under Maharajpur Union, with assistance from the bomb disposal unit of SRB-5 in Rajshahi.
During the operation, the team found the crude bombs and gunpowder abandoned inside the orchard. Various bomb-making materials and two sickles were also recovered.
The SRB said no suspects were found at the scene or in the surrounding area during the raid, making immediate arrests impossible.
The recovered explosives may have been stockpiled to carry out sabotage in different parts of the country, the SRB added.
The explosives and other evidence have been handed over to Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station for legal action.
