Four cocktails recovered near Dhanmondi-32 and City College
Police have recovered two unexploded cocktails from in front of the main gate of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's house at Dhanmondi-32 in the capital. At the same time, two more cocktails were recovered from beside Dhanmondi City College. Four cocktails were recovered in total.
At around 11:45am on Tuesday, journalists spotted the two cocktails and a paper reading Joy Bangla, Projonmo-71 in front of the gate of the house at Dhanmondi-32. Police were informed, and officers arrived at the scene and cordoned off the area.
Meanwhile, at the same time, police received information that two cocktails were lying beside Dhanmondi City College. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) bomb disposal unit was then informed.
A team from the bomb disposal unit reached Dhanmondi-32 at around noon. The team later recovered the two cocktails from beside City College and took them away at around 12:50pm.
Dhanmondi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Imdadul Islam Tayeb confirmed the recovery of the cocktails. He said: The cocktails have been recovered.
Asked about the paper found with the cocktails at Dhanmondi-32, he said: That is not a letter. We found a paper. It says Joy Bangla. Projonmo-71.
An officer of the bomb disposal unit said: A team of ours has gone to Dhanmondi-32. From there it will go to City College. However, the source of the recovered cocktails and who was involved in the incident were not immediately known.
