Four bombs recovered from Jhenaidah ‘militant den’

The raids conducted by law enforcers in ‘militant hideouts’ at the houses of Selim and Pranto in Chuadanga village under Jhiniadah sadar upazila came to an end.

Rab found four powerful bombs inside Pranto’s home during the raid, Khandakar Rafiqul Islam, commander of Rab-6, said in a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon.

Rab is now conducting raids on two more houses and five spots (Banana and bamboo garden), read the press release.

Selim, sone of Aftab Uddin, and Pranto, son of Matiur Rahman, were arrested on Monday night in the village. Both of them are allegedly members of new JMB.

Rab personnel cordoned off their houses at 7:00am on Tuesday while bomb disposal unit of Rab started raids on the suspected militant dens at 11 am.

They also recovered two suicidal vests from bamboo garden adjacent to the militant dens.

(The article originally published in Bangla edition of Jagonews24.com is written in English by Zahidul Islam)