6 powerful bombs found in Ctg, 3 held

Chitagong, July 10 (bdnews24.com) ? Six bombs have been recovered from the port city's Hundulpara area.

"The powerful bombs were found wrapped with a polythene sheet in a bathroom on the third floor of Aziz Building in the area around 2pm," assistant commissioner Emran Hossain Bhuyian said.

The police officer said 300grams of sulphur, along with a piece of paper with a message inscribed on it, was found in the polythene sheet.

Bhuyian said the police were suspecting that the bombs belonged to some militant organisation.

"Three people have been arrested in connection with the recovery," the police officer said.

Those arrested are Shafiqul Islam Monir, 30, Raju Shikder alias Raju Hujur, 21, and Mujibur Rahman, 37.

Monir, his wife Runa and Raju, all from Barisal, worked in a garments factory of Yang Wan Corporation. They shared a room of a flat in the building that Mujibur owns. Three other rooms of the flat are occupied by three families of ethnic groups.

Bhuyian said the trio had moved into the room seven months ago.

DEACTIVATION AFTER COURT ORDER

Metropolitan police deputy commissioner Kusum Dewan told bdnews24.com that five of the bombs were made with tin cans, while the other looked like a walky-talky.

Referring to the bomb squad, he said the bombs were very powerful.

Bomb deactivation team chief sub-inspector Fazlul Quader Chowdhury said, "The six bombs were made in Improvised Explosive Device (IID) fashion."

"The circuits of the bombs are incomplete. But they'll burst loud if thrown. The walky-talky like bomb has six batteries inside? They'll be deactivated after the court order arrives," he added.

'HUJUR HAS GOTTEN THE AK 47'

Emran said the message with no sender's name suggested that several parts of the city were on target.

He said the message reads, "Hujur has gotten the AK 47 [rifle]. Operations will be conducted in Bandar, Chandgaon and Khulshi areas. Use NCT, ST, if needed."

"NCT is written on five bombs and ST on the walky-talky like bomb," he added.

Kusum said the message was a 'big clue'.

He also expressed hope that Monir and Raju would give important information.

Asked whether the bombs were to be used during a general strike called by 12 Islamist parties, he said they were crosschecking the information given by the duo and 16 pro-hartal arrested from Bandartila Bazar.

The shutdown was called in protest against the removal of words 'Absolute Faith and Trust in Almighty Allah' from the constitution through the 15th Anmendment.

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