Dhaka: A huge cache of arms and explosives, including at least 20 grenades, were seized by Bangladeshi police on Monday from a militant hideout where two terrorists were killed in a blast while they were making bombs.
"The incident (blast) took place last night. The doctors declared one of the two dead immediately as they were rushed to the hospital while the other succumbed to his wounds later," a police official said.
The two deceased were not known in the neighbourhood in a village in northwestern Bogra and were residing in the house rented by an autorickshaw driver, who was not inside the complex when the blast took place.
"We suspect they are members of a militant outfit and the blast took place as they were preparing bombs for their outfit. Investigations have been launched to track down the autorickshaw driver," the official said.
According to local reports, police's bomb disposal team this morning recovered at least twenty grenades, firearms and ammunition from the building.
The recovery was made after a 12-member team of the bomb disposal unit from Dhaka started their investigation at the one-storey building beside Dhaka-Bogra highway at Mohipur village.
The grenades, four foreign pistols and 20 bullets were found from different rooms of the building, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, superintendent of police in the district, was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.
Police suspect that the explosion took place when a gang was making bombs there, the SP said. The blast area was cordoned off by policemen and members of Rapid Action Battalion.
