The law enforcers Thursday cordoned off an under-construction building near Chattogram's Kalurghat Radio Station as they found a bomb-like object along with a large stock of sticks and torches.
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Chattogram Metropolitan Police's (CMP) Chandgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mustafizur Rahman said, "We are suspecting that the object and sticks were stored to orchestrate violence during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit."
Tipped off, a large number of policemen sealed off the 10-storey building of Bashudha Builders – located opposite the Kalurghat Radio Station – at around 8pm, Mustafizur said.
"After that, the police searched every floor of the building. One person was arrested while trying to flee during the drive."
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At one stage of the search, a large number of torches were found in a room on the third floor. The bomb disposal unit of CMP was called as a bomb-like object was found there, the OC said.
It was also learned that the BNP planned to carry out a day-long programme on 26 March in Kalurghat Radio Station area – which bears the memory of its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman – on March 26 to mark the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh's Independence.
However, the programme was later postponed in response to the recent spike in Covid-19 infection and fatalities in the country.
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