10 hand bombs recovered from polling centre in Rajshahi

The Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police has recovered 10 hand bombs from a polling center near a primary school(a polling center) Friday night.

Police arrested BNP supporter Sujan Islam Touhid in this connection.

Witnesses and police said BNP and its associate bodies brought out a torchlight procession in the city on Friday evening in support of the 48-hour hartal protesting the January 7 election.

Two hand bombs were detonated when the procession was passing Uposahar Primary School.

Police arrested BNP supporter Sujan Islam Touhid and recovered the hand bombs from near the school based on information gleaned from him, said ADC of the Detective Branch of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Md. Ruhul Amin.