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Bangladesh Army defuses mortar cell in Gaibandha
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GAIBANDHA, June 11, 2021(BSS)- A team of Bomb Disposal Unit of Bangladesh Army defused a mortar cell at an open place in Gobindaganj upazila of the district on Thursday.
Police said local children found the mortar cell on the riverbed of the Karotoa river in Khulshi Chandpur area under Gobindaganj Municipality on February 8 last while they were playing there.
Being informed, a team of the Gobindaganj Thana Police, led by its Officer-in-Charge (OC) AKM Mehedi Hasan, rushed to the spot and recovered the mortar cell and kept it in the thana.
Later, police informed the Bomb Disposal Unit of Bangladesh Army about the matter.