Two mortar shells and a rocket launcher were recovered by police on Friday from a pond near Rajshahi University's Shaheed Shamsuzzoha Hall.
A local boy informed the police after finding the items around noon on Friday.
Motihar Police Station’s Sub-Inspector Imran Hossain confirmed the matter, saying the mortar shells and rocket launcher were kept at the police box near the Baddhabhumi area of the university.
RU Proctor Professor Lutfor Rahman said there was a Pakistani army camp during the Liberation War where the mortar shells were found. “We suspect these to be from the Liberation War period,” he said.
Shaheed Shamsuzzoha Hall was used as a camp by the Pakistani occupation force during the war. Recently, ammunitions, believed to be from that period, were found from a pond near the hall.
Last week, another mortar shell was found from the same pond during excavation, which was destroyed by the army the next day.
