1,000 \\\'Liberation War-time\\\' bullets found in Ctg

FE Team | Published: April 25, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

Police recovered 800 rounds of bullet and two grenades used in the Liberation War from underground at B-block of Halishahar Thana in Chittagong Thursday. — Focus Bangla Photo

CHITTAGONG, Apr 24 (UNB): Around 1,000 bullets and two grenades, believed to be hidden during the War of Liberation in 1971, were found during earth piling in the city's Halishahar area Thursday afternoon.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Halishahar thana Shahjahan Kabir said workers found a sack while piling earth for constructing a building on a plot at Road-16 of Block-B of Halishahar Residential Area in the afternoon.
The workers found the sack full of bullets after they opened it.
Later, they informed police of the incident.
On information, police rushed in and recovered the ammunition, two grenades, one rifle barrel and a magazine around 5:30pm, the OC said.
The recovered bullets include 770 of .303 rifles, 80 of revolver and 30 of 9mm submachine carbine.
Mohammad Nasir Uddin, a US expatriate, bought the land in 2005 and recently started constructing a building on it.