Three hurt in crude bomb blast near Narail BNP office

NARAIL, Mar 08 (UNB): Three people including a local BNP leader were injured in a crude bomb explosion near the BNP office at Gobra Bazar in Narail Sadar on Friday night.

The injured were Babu Molya, senior vice president of the union BNP, Wazed Ali Titumir, and Newton Gazi.

Narail Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Sajedul Islam said the crude bomb exploded in front of a tin-shed structure at Gobra Bazar, leaving three people injured.

Among them, two were admitted to Narail Sadar Hospital while Wazed Ali Titumir was taken to Dhaka with critical injuries.

Witnesses said at around 09:30pm on Friday, unidentified assailants threw three bombs targeting the BNP office at Gobra New Stand and fled the scene on two motorbikes.