At least four people were injured in a blast in Dhaka's Moghbazar area on Tuesday morning.
They are Saiful Islam, 35, Tareque, 20, Md Shaheen, 30, and Abul Kalam, 25.
The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
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They are currently receiving treatment at the Emergency Department of the hospital, the officer added.
According to police, they received information about the explosion from a garbage can at around 9:45am.
Injured Saiful Islam, who works as an engineer at Agrani Apartment Limited, said he was heading towards his office in Moghbazar from his Sabujbagh residence when there was a loud explosion near a restaurant at Wireless Gate area.
Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune"I fell on the road and saw blood oozing from different parts of the body. I do not know how the explosion took place," he said.
Meanwhile, a coworker of Saiful Islam said that he heard a garbage can or drum exploded when Saiful was walking toward their workplace.