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| Grenades, BDR uniform found at graveyard |
| 2009-04-16 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Police recovered two grenades and a set of uniform of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) from a graveyard near the BDR headquarters yesterday and Tuesday. The grenades were made in the Bangladesh Ordnance Factory (BOF) in Gazipur as inscriptions on recovered grenades read "REN-84, DB, BOF, police said. Talking to The Daily Star, BDR Director Maj Gen Md Mainul Islam said the BDR uses imported ARGES grenades, and they do not use homemade grenade. He, however, said they would verify the uniform and also the grenades. Police said grenades and uniform were found at the graveyard located between the BDR headquarters and Al-Hera Mosque in Jigatola. Grenades were hidden in the grass and the uniform was found in a sack. Dhanmondi police said, acting on a tip-off, they recovered a grenade on Tuesday evening and the other one along with uniforms yesterday morning. Sub-inspector Mohammad Atiqur Rahman of Dhanmondi Police Station said they could not continue the search on Tuesday evening due to insufficient light. Police also said they would handover the grenades and the uniform to the CID which is investigating the mutiny case. Asked DC Atiqul Islam of Ramna zone said they could not ascertain why those grenades and the uniform were hidden there. |
| Posted by:Fred |