Six bomb-like objects recovered from IU

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Jan 12 (UNB): The authorities of Islamic University (IU) have recovered six bomb-like objects in abandoned condition from different places on the campus in Kushtia.

Panic has spread in the campus due to the recovery of cocktail-like objects lying scattered.

A group of students found two cocktails kept at Lalon Shah Hall pocket gate and informed the university's proctorial body, IU proctor Prof M Shahadat Hossain Azad said.

On information, a team of IU proctorial body recovered the cocktails with the assistance of police and ansar members from the spot.

Later, four cocktails, a cocktail from adjacent to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Hall area, two bombs from near Business Administration Faculty and another one from Jatirpita Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall area, were recovered.

A group of miscreants might have placed the cocktail-like substances on the campus creating chaos among the students of the university, the proctor said.

IU vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam said nothing is known yet. 'We informed the police and they will look into the matter,' he said.