 Police recovered explosives weighing about 9 kg from the house of a suspected Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) cadre in Gazipur town on Monday night and arrested the JMB cadre with his father and mother. The seized explosives can be used to produce about 200 bombs, experts told The Independent yesterday. Following confessional statement of arrested JMB operation commander Enayetullah alias Jewel, police conducted raid in a house at South Chhaya Bithi and recovered nine Kg ammonium nitrate used for making explosive devices. The arrested persons are Mazharul Islam alias Masum (16), a suspected JMB cadre and his father Hemayet Uddin (54) and mother Hena (45). Immediately after his arrest Masum told police that one of his friends gave him a bag containing explosives to keep it in his possession for some day, police sources said.
| "Friend left you holding the bag, Masum? That's too bad. Tell you what, let's go pick up your friend and look for his explosives cache. How about tonight at 3AM?" |
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