, Feb. 2 -- Joint forces in a drive arrested three people and recovered 95 crude bombs from Poragachha Bepari Kandi village of Naria upazila in Shariatpur district early Monday.

The arrestees were identified as Nasir Uddin Bachhu Peda, 55, son of Goni Peda, Mehedi Hasan Peda, 30, son of Khalil Peda, and Rony Peda, 25.

Tipped off, a team of joint forces conducted a drive at the house of Bachhu Peda and a mosque adjacent to his house around 1:55 am and recovered the crude bombs kept in 12 buckets from the house and the mosque, said Md Bahar Mia, officer-in-charge of Naria Police Station.

They also recovered some sharp weapons from their possession, police said.

Later, the joint forces arrested three people including Bachhu in this conne...