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KHULNA, Feb 24: The police recovered a live hand grenade left in an abandoned condition in front of the police officers' quarters near Khulna Sadar police station this morning.
According to the police, Sanjida Afrin Kali, wife of Sub-inspector (SI) Shaha Alam, saw the grenade first at about 10:30am.
The law-enforcers informed the Army and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) who covered the grenade with sandbags and advised the residents to vacate the building. The grenade created widespread panic among the locals.
The police officers' quarters situated at Sir Iqbal Road has been closed to traffic.
Later, the police informed to the Army Explosive Experts and they exploded the grenade with tight security on the spot at about 5:00pm.
Meanwhile, UNB from Habiganj adds: A magistrate court here granted a seven-day remand Wednesday to two more youths, who were arrested in connection with the grenade attack at Boidderbazar on January 27 that killed former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and four others.
They were identified as Nazrul Ahmed of Nizampur village and Kajal Miah of Syedpur village in Sadar Upazila.
A total of 10 people have been arrested so far in connection with the grenade attack and nine of them are now in police remand.
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