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Vol. 5 Num 244 Tue. February 01, 2005  
   
General


Sramik Dal leader held with bomb making materials


Police Sunday arrested a Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leader in Chitalmari upazila in Bagerhat, suspecting his involvement in making bombs.

Police also seized a lot of bomb making materials from the house of Gazi Atiar Rahman, 45, convenor of Chitalmari unit Sramik Dal, in Kharhom Khali village.

Police and locals said Sabita Rani Mondol, 26, wife of fish trader Gouranga Mondol, was injured in a bomb blast near Atiar's house Saturday.

The bomb was planted there to kill Gouranga, they added.