DHAKA An object believed to be a time device was found at the courtyard of Gopalganj District and Sessions Judge’s residence on Sunday morning, witnesses said, as suspected religious zealots have tried such tactics to frighten people at some other places across the country. Police claimed that the object looked like a time bomb but there were no explosives in the device. Sources said a night guard and a cleaner at judge M Murshed Alam’s house discovered the ‘time bomb’ at about 9.30 am and informed the judge. On information, police rushed in and recovered the ‘bomb’ along with a handwritten leaflet that called for establishment of "Islamic rule" in the country. Police claimed unidentified "miscreants" lobbed the object inside the compound of the official house of the judge in the morning. The object contained time-bomb devices, including battery, electric wire and circuit, but no explosives. It was done "to create panic", they said. Meanwhile, two bombs were found in the toilet of Pirojpur Government Technical School and College on Sunday morning, while UNB Sylhet correspondent reported that two women were injured in cocktail explosions at Mothura Duakha village in Bianibazar upazila on Saturday night. Sources said a stranger, aged 60-70, went to the Pirojpur school about 10am and entered a toilet. After departure of the man, one of the schoolteachers, Golam Kabir, went to the toilet and saw two bombs on the shelf. Having been informed by Kabir, the headmaster of the school informed police about the bombs. Police rushed in and recovered the bombs. "Security measures were tightened in important establishments in the coastal district headquarters as panic gripped the area," says a spot account of the situation.
In Sylhet, local sources said some miscreants blasted 7-8 cocktails near the yard of Khosruzzaman’s house and South Mothura Government Primary School areas, leaving two women injured. The injured are Afia Begum, wife of Alauddin, and Sajidunnesa, wife of Taslimuddin. On information, OC of the local police station Abdul Halim visited the spot and collected samples of the cocktail for test.