Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Police have identified the device recovered near the entrance to Lalon Shah's shrine in Kushtia as a time bomb, using technology similar to one found under a Dhaka metro rail station in July.

The device was recovered around 1am on Monday near a coconut tree to the right of the shrine's entrance in Kumarkhali, police said.

Officers went to the scene after receiving reports of a suspicious bag and moved devotees away to ensure their safety.

Four members of the bomb disposal team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit later arrived.

Led by Inspector Modasser Kaiser, they recovered two small bottles filled with petrol, two metal canisters measuring half an inch wide and four ...