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Vol. 4 Num 159 Mon. November 03, 2003  
   
National


Bomb blast
2 Jubo Dal activists arrested in Khulna


Police on Saturday arrested two activists of Jubo Dal suspecting their involvement in bomb attack on a posh residential hotel in the city.

They are Tareq and Noor-e-Alam.

According to eye witnesses, two powerful bombs were thrown at the newly constructed residential hotel 'Millenium' at Majid Sarani at about midnight Friday night. Window glasses of the hotel were damaged.

The bomb blasts, which rocked the entire Sonadanga residential area, created panic among inmates of the hotel.

Owner of the hotel Sharifuzzaman was not there when the incident took place.

Police rushed to the spot soon after the bomb blasts.

Sources said the bomb was hurled as the hotel owner refuse to pay toll to the Jubo Dal activists.