RAB recovers 65 bombs from Badda house, arrests 3

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 65 hand bombs conducting an overnight drive at a house allegedly turned into a bomb manufacturing factory located at Tekpara in East Badda of the capital on Wednesday night.

The elite force also arrested three men identifying them as M Fahim Rahman Abdullah, 22, M Limon, 20, and M Akul Mia, 21.

RAB officials familiar with the drive said the anti-crime force traced and immediately laid a siege to "the bomb factory" in the Hazi bari area around 9 pm on Wednesday.

"We have found huge hand bombs and explosives from a factory located at a house in the Tekpara area of East Badda", said Commanding Officer (CO) of RAB-3 Lieutenant Colonel M Feroz Kabir.

One Sajib and Masum were supposed to make a deal with the arrestees for supplying these bombs at a cost of Tk 26,000 and providing them necessary raw materials and chemicals like gunpowder, sprinter and explosives, claimed the RAB official.

According to the deal, the consignment of the explosives was scheduled to send Gazipur by bus on Wednesday night, he added.

These powerful explosives, which were not similar to the cocktail, would have been distributed throughout the country, RAB's bomb disposal unit suspected.

These explosives have been manufactured equipped with trigger mechanism technology and they could be exploded into open spaces and cause damage within a radius of 30 meters.

The bombs are supposed to be made for conducting sabotage, said the RAB-3 CO.

RAB continues its operation to nab Sajib and the factory owner.

A case was filed with Badda Police Station under the explosives control act.