Five time-bomb like devices found in Gazipur

Police recovered five time bomb-like devices and a remote control abandoned in a field from Gazipur early yesterday.

The bombs could be used to carry out subversive activities at the Ijtema ground, which is six km off the place the bombs were found, suspected police.

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The devices were found at Balurmath in Targachh, around 4:45am, Khandker Rezaul Hassan, officer-in-charge of Joydevpur Police Station told The Daily Star.

After inspection, a bomb disposal unit confirmed there were no explosives in those.

The devices had wirings and clocks, wrapped in tape, giving an impression that those were real, police said.

"Miscreants might have left those to create panic among locals and Ijtema goers," said Rezaul.

Later, the devices were destroyed.

No one was arrested in this regard. Police, however, are trying to arrest the perpetrators behind it.