DHAKA, 26 March, 2021, (TON): Police suspect that the object was stored to orchestrate violence during Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh

Law authorities on Thursday cordoned off an under-development working close to Chittagong's Kalurghat Radio Station as they found a bomb-like object alongside a huge supply of sticks and lights.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police's (CMP) Chandgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mustafizur Rahman said, "We are suspecting that the object and sticks were stored to orchestrate violence during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit."

Tipped off, a large number of policemen sealed off the 10-storey building of Bashudha Builders, located opposite the Kalurghat Radio Station, at around 8pm, Mustafizur said.

"After that, the police searched every floor of the building. One person was arrested while trying to flee during the drive,” he added.

It was also learned that the BNP planned to carry out a day-long program on March 26 in the Kalurghat Radio Station area – which bears the memory of its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman – to mark the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence.

However, the program was later postponed in response to Covid-19 infections and fatalities in the country.