A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was injured in a cocktail explosion outside Gate 1 of the July Memorial Museum in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area on Wednesday night.
The injured man, Md Shahin, also known as Arif Molla, 45, was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital before being transferred to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for further treatment.
The incident occurred around 11pm on Wednesday.
Sub-Inspector Md Mahbub Alam of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station said unidentified assailants hurled two cocktails outside the museum’s Gate 1, one of which exploded. Shahin, who was standing nearby, was injured by splinters.
“After receiving the news, we rushed him to safety and first took him to Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital. From there, he was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment the same night, and he is now under treatment,” he said.
The motive behind the attack and the identities of those involved remain unknown, the police officer said. Police are reviewing CCTV footage from the surrounding area to identify the attackers.
Shahin is the son of the late Bhola Sheikh and hails from Salimabad village in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail. He was staying at a CNG garage in Jatrabari.