Bomb explodes in Gulistan: 4 hurt
Friday, 6 November 2009
FE Report
At least four people, including two Awami League leaders, were wounded in a bomb explosion at Gulistan in the city Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses said the explosion occurred at about 2:00pm in front of the office of Muktijoddha (freedom fighters) Sangsad Krira Chakra, close to the headquarters of the ruling Awami League (AL), leaving four people injured.
Deputy Police Commissioner of Ramna Zone Atiqul Islam said, "We can't say exactly at the moment what type of explosive was used in the blast. We're collecting evidences from the spot to find it out."
The injured were identified as Sheikh Nazrul Islam (43), president of Bagerhat District Bus Owners' Association and a member of the district AL, Nasiruddin (44), joint secretary of Kachua Thana AL of Chandpur district, and two pedestrians, Kartik Das (40) and Abdur Rashid (58) a retired accountant of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.
The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Of them, the condition of Nasiruddin was stated to be critical.
Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station, said all DMP police patrol teams were alerted so that the attackers cannot escape from the city. "No arrest has yet been made," he added.
Soon after the blast, people passing through the area were seen moving helter skelter for cover as the loud explosion created widespread panic.
A relative of one of the injured AL leaders said the device was exploded when the AL leaders were getting down from a rickshaw beside the Peer Yameni Market in the area.
On information, police and RAB officials visited the spot and conducted search operation.
An AL lawmaker from Bagerhat district Advocate Mir Shawkat Ali Badsah, who was also passing through took the injured to the hospital.
The latest bomb attack took place at a time when the country's law enforcing agencies are investigating the October 21 bomb attack on AL lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh that left 15 people injured.
But Taposh, a nephew of the Prime Minister, escaped unhurt in the attack. The ruling party top leaders blamed the associates of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for the attack.
At least four people, including two Awami League leaders, were wounded in a bomb explosion at Gulistan in the city Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses said the explosion occurred at about 2:00pm in front of the office of Muktijoddha (freedom fighters) Sangsad Krira Chakra, close to the headquarters of the ruling Awami League (AL), leaving four people injured.
Deputy Police Commissioner of Ramna Zone Atiqul Islam said, "We can't say exactly at the moment what type of explosive was used in the blast. We're collecting evidences from the spot to find it out."
The injured were identified as Sheikh Nazrul Islam (43), president of Bagerhat District Bus Owners' Association and a member of the district AL, Nasiruddin (44), joint secretary of Kachua Thana AL of Chandpur district, and two pedestrians, Kartik Das (40) and Abdur Rashid (58) a retired accountant of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.
The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Of them, the condition of Nasiruddin was stated to be critical.
Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station, said all DMP police patrol teams were alerted so that the attackers cannot escape from the city. "No arrest has yet been made," he added.
Soon after the blast, people passing through the area were seen moving helter skelter for cover as the loud explosion created widespread panic.
A relative of one of the injured AL leaders said the device was exploded when the AL leaders were getting down from a rickshaw beside the Peer Yameni Market in the area.
On information, police and RAB officials visited the spot and conducted search operation.
An AL lawmaker from Bagerhat district Advocate Mir Shawkat Ali Badsah, who was also passing through took the injured to the hospital.
The latest bomb attack took place at a time when the country's law enforcing agencies are investigating the October 21 bomb attack on AL lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh that left 15 people injured.
But Taposh, a nephew of the Prime Minister, escaped unhurt in the attack. The ruling party top leaders blamed the associates of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for the attack.