Two youths have been arrested with explosives from Dhaka's Khilgaon area, media reported Wednesday.
The youths, identified as Atiqur Rahman, 24, and Mahbubur Rahman, 18, were arrested with five kg of explosives, bdnews24.com reported.
The two were caught from near the Boston School and College Tuesday night, Khilgaon police official Mustafiz Bhuiyan said.
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Atiqur is a teacher at Khilgaon's Polash Educare Coaching Academy, while Mahbubur works there as an assistant office employee, police said.
"High-powered bombs could have been made with the seized explosives," said the police official, adding that it was being investigated whether the two were linked to any militant outfit.