Chattogram, Dec 26 (UNB) – Police here on Wednesday seized a car of BNP candidate Ishak Kader Chowdhury of Chattogram -4 constituency along with a firearms and bomb making materials in Fouzdarhat Jailgate area in Sitakunda upazila.
Additional Police Superintendent of Sitakunda circle Shampa Rani Saha said that they recovered a bomb, a firearm and some bomb making materials from a car used for election campaign of BNP candidate Ishak Kader.
However, car driver Mehedi Hasan alleged that some young men snatched the car key from him when he got down from the car for going to a roadside restaurant.
The young men kept the firearm and some bottles of Pepsi in the car, he claimed.
Terming the incident as a conspiracy BNP candidate Ishak said, “The drama was staged to harass the BNP leaders and activists.”
The driver was sent to the Red Chicken Restaurant for bringing food for journalists who attended a press conference at his house, he added.