Grenades, AK-47 found at city slum
Intelligence agencies look for possible link to Aug 21 attack
Staff Correspondent
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday seized an AK-47 rifle, a 9mm revolver, two grenades and huge ammunition from a slum at Mohakhali in Dhaka, prompting the intelligence agencies to look for a possible link of the cache to the August 21 grenade attacks.Rab seized the two sophisticated firearms, 300 bullets of AK-47, 35 bullets of 9mm revolver and 25 shotgun cartridges from the fence and rafter of a shanty in the slum known as Sattola Busti in a raid at 10:15am. Rab sources said they retrieved the arms and ammunition from the shanty owned by Abul Kashem and Akkas. The gunrunners however managed to slip out of Rab net. Sources said two bloodstained copies of the daily Manabjamin carrying the news of the August 21 grenade attacks on an Awami League rally were also found on the spot. Intelligence agencies have started probing if the seized arms and ammunition have anything to do with the carnage on Bangabandhu Avenue. Rab sources said they are examining the grenades to see if they are similar to those hurled at the AL rally but could not confirm it as the brand names and other marks were rubbed off. Locals said the shanty was under the possession of Mollah Shamim, a listed top criminal of the area who was killed in a shootout between Rab and his accomplices on September 6. In a separate drive, Mohammadpur police seized 645 homemade bombs and firecrackers from a house and picked up landlord Almas and his sons Mokhles and Ekhlas at North Adabor. Acting on a tip off, a police team raided the house and seized the bombs. Mokhles said he brought the explosives from Narsingdi to celebrate the upcoming marriage of Ekhlas.
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