The district administration has formed a probe body to look into the explosion of a bus cylinder at a filling station “Green Leaf” in Lakshmipur, which claimed three lives.
Lakshmipur Deputy Commissioner (DC), Rajib Kumar Sarkar, informed the media about this during a visit to the injured at the hospital on Monday afternoon.
The DC said: "A team has already been formed on behalf of the district administration to investigate the cause of this tragic accident."
Police Superintendent Md Akhter Hossain accompanied the DC during the hospital visit. They provided cash assistance of Tk25,000 each to the families of the deceased.
The DC also mentioned that a list of those injured and undergoing treatment will be prepared, and financial assistance will be provided for their medical expenses.
Apart from the three deaths, 20 others were injured in the incident on Monday.
The deceased were Suman Hossain, Md Yusuf Mia and his brother Hridoy Hossain, hailing from the upazila's Charmonsha and Banchanagar areas, respectively.
Witnesses said that the explosion occurred at around 2am at Green Life Filling Station in the Muktiganj area when a Ramgati-bound bus of Meghna Paribahan was refueling.
Al Amin, the manager of the filling station, said the victims were mostly CNG-run autorickshaw drivers and the injured included both bus and CNG drivers.