Grenade, cannon shells found in Rupsha

Staff Correspondent, Khulna
A grenade, five cannon shells and nine bullets were found dumped in a pond near NGO Christian Service Society (CSS) at Rupsha road under Khulna Sadar Police Station Friday afternoon. According to police, day labourers saw the weapons while they re-excavating the pond. On information, a team of explosive experts came to Khulna from Jessore Cantonment at 9:00am yesterday. They defused the grenade and shells of canon in an open space near Khanjahan Ali Bridge at 11:10 am. Locals said there was a camp of Pakistani occupation forces in the area during Liberation War in 1971.