Police raid on Jhenaidah ‘extremist den’ ends

The police declared the end of a raid on a suspected extremists’ den at a Jhenaidah village Saturday afternoon, 21 hours after it began.
They seized 20 containers, each containing 20 liters of hydrogen peroxide, one 9mm pistol, seven rounds of ammunitions, 16 books instigating extremism, huge number of electric circuits, 100 splinters and eight bomb-like mines from the ‘den’ at Thanthania under Jhenaidah Sadar, according to Harendranath Sarkar, officer-in-charge of the Jhenaidah Sadar police. 
Declaring the end of the raid at the tin-shed house of Abudllah, a 30-year-old convert to Islam, the Khulna range deputy inspector general of police, Didar Ahmed, said that they had seized a huge quantity of explosives and firearms from the den.
Members of Anti-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes unit and Bomb Disposal Unit from Dhaka took part along with local police in the raid.
But the extremists had fled away from the den sensing an imminent police drive, he said.
Locals said that Abdullah used to earn his living by driving a three-wheeler in the area and his house often remained locked. They said that they had often noticed unknown strangers visiting the house.
The police officer said that they could not trace the whereabouts of Abdullah.

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