Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- The Specialised Rapid Battalion (SRB) has recovered and defused around 20 crude and petrol bombs from the old trade fair grounds in Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

Squadron Leader Nifaz Rahman, second-in-command of SRB-2, said the explosives were recovered in the afternoon following a tip-off and defused around 7:30pm on Monday.

"Our bomb disposal unit scanned and defused them after recovery. There were approximately 20 of them. The exact number will be announced via a statement," he told bdnews24.com.

Earlier, SRB-2 Commander and Additional DIG Naimul Hasan said 17 explosive devices had been recovered from beside the main road of the old trade fair grounds.

"We received information that crude bombs and petrol bombs we...