Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Police have recovered two crude bombs from the main gate of Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi.

Members of the Bomb Disposal Unit defused them through controlled detonation on Tuesday afternoon, Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) Md Gaziur Rahman said.

A flight carrying Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood had landed at the airport around that time. For security, the minister was taken out through the back gate.

Confirming the news, Rajshahi Airport Police Station chief Rabiul Islam said: "All passengers, including the minister, were taken out through the back gate after the grenade was recovered."

Police said that a passerby saw the two crude bombs and info...