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‘Three more bags’ in Dhaka's Uttara canal a week after arms haul
Authorities have reported finding three bags containing electronic devices from a canal in Dhaka, where a huge cache of arms and ammunition was found a week ago.
Published : 25 June 2016, 07:50 AM
Updated : 25 June 2016, 11:33 AM
The fire service said that they conducted a search on Saturday morning after a request from police.
“Police asked for divers suspecting more arms were still cached in the canal. Our divers found the bags around 11:40am,” said Fire Service Control Room Duty Officer Mizanur Rahman.
He said that the bags contained ‘electronic devices’, but could not provide any details.
On June 18, seven bags full of arms and ammunition were found in the shallow waters of the Diabarhi canal in Dhaka’s Uttara.
The haul included 97 pistols, 462 magazines, 1,060 bullets and 10 bayonets and 104 dices for making bullets.
A box containing 32 magazines for firearms was
in the canal the next day.
Police said that the ‘unmarked’ firearms were ‘brand new and unused’ and that its counter-terrorism unit will handle the investigation.
No arrests have so far been made over the haul, but the Dhaka metro police told the media recently that they suspect the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami alliance were behind it.
The BNP, however, blamed the government and said that it’s part of an 'evil mega plan.'
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