Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Police have recovered a brass bell weighing around 70kg that was stolen from Saint Paul School and Church in Dhaka's Mohammadpur.

The bell was recovered abandoned beside a garbage bin on Zakir Hossain Road in Mohammadpur around 2:50am on Friday, Mohammadpur Police chief Md Abdul Halim told bdnews24.com.

He said the bell had been kept in an open area on the second floor of Saint Paul School and Church at House No. 92 in front of the WASA building on Asad Avenue. It was stolen by one or more unidentified thieves sometime after 12:03am on Friday.

Police visited the site after receiving information. Several teams subsequently began operations to recover the stolen property and arrest those involved.

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