Machine gun bullets wrapped in polythene found while digging clay for stove

District Correspondent

Joint forces have recovered 71 rounds of machine gun ammunition in Debidwar, Comilla.

These bullets were recovered from Bakharikandi village in Sultanpur union of the upazila on Wednesday afternoon, October 15.

The joint forces said that this morning, work was underway to build a clay stove next to the kitchen of Md. Rashidul Islam’s house in Purba Para of Bakhrikandi village. At one stage, after digging 2 feet of soil, the people of the house found several bullets wrapped in a white polythene.

They immediately informed the Debidwar Army Camp about the incident. Upon receiving the information, the Debidwar Army Camp and Debidwar Police Station reached the spot. At 3 pm, they recovered 71 rounds of bullets from there and took them to the police station.

The joint forces have informed that the recovered bullets have already been destroyed. They believe that these are machine gun bullets. No further details are known.

Debidwar Police Station OC (Investigation) Md. Mainuddin said that 71 machine gun rounds were recovered from an abandoned underground location wrapped in polythene.

He said that an investigation is underway to uncover the incident and the case is under process.