Bomb-like object in hollowed book found in SC

A bomb-like object found in the courtroom of the High Court bench of Justice Zinat Ara and Justice Habibul Gani on Saturday noon. The bench officer Hasib Khan first detected the substance as he entered the courtroom after the recess. The substance, wrapped with red plastic tape, was tucked in a hollowed law book on minor acts and it was left abandoned on a table where lawyers usually sit, he said.

Hasib immediately informed it to assistant attorneys general; Nununnahar and Mahfuza Begum and they immediately evacuated the room and called in police. Court police later took away the substance from the room in bucket full of water. Security measures were heightened at the Supreme Court premises afterwards. Dhaka Metropolitan Police bomb disposal unit assistant commissioner Rahmatullah Chowdhury said they would ascertain whether the move was aimed to create panic or meant for any acts of subversion. Rahmatullah said it was unprecedented that bomb-like objects are planted in hollowed book. He said the court authority would file case in this regard.

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