Intense tension and panic spread among local residents after ten cocktail-like objects were spotted in front of a residential house in the Andarul area under Tongi West Police Station, which police subsequently cordoned off upon being informed.
Tongi West Police Station in Gazipur confirmed the incident on Saturday (October 3) afternoon. According to police sources, local residents noticed several suspicious cocktail-like objects lying in front of the house of Attash Ali, a local resident of the Andarul area. Upon spotting the items, local residents immediately alerted the police. On receiving the information, a team from Tongi West Police Station rushed to the spot and observed a total of ten cocktail-like objects wrapped in red adhesive tape and jute tape.
Subsequently, to prevent any untoward incident and ensure overall security, local police personnel and law enforcement forces cordoned off the entire area with a security perimeter. To verify and confirm whether the recovered objects are actual cocktails or live explosives, the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) was urgently notified. Md. Ariful Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Tongi West Police Station, stated that the ten cocktail-like objects have been kept under police cordon, adding that whether they are real cocktails or something else will be confirmed once the expert bomb disposal team arrives to examine and neutralize them.
