Eight people including a law enforcer are receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after getting hurt in arson and bomb attacks carried out after the opposition called its 48-hour countrywide blockade.
Mohammad Dulu Mia, a police Nayek from Sonatola of Bogra, is undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of DMCH after a crude bomb exploded after hitting his shoulder while he was on duty at Joypurhat Bata intersection on Monday evening. Splinters hit his arm, his right eye and the right portion of his head.
ICU on-duty doctor Dr Pizush Kanti told the Dhaka Tribune that the splinters had been removed from Dulu after an operation on Tursday, though he was still not out of danger and his right eye might be damaged.
Poritosh Kumar, a police constable who was with Dulu at the time of the attack, said the crude bomb was thrown from a procession, which quickly dispersed and fled after the incident.
In the capital’s Khilket, Anowar Begum Anu, a cook of National Bank’s Malibagh branch, was critically injured when picketers threw a crude bomb at her while she was on her way to her home at Shantipur in Goran at around 3:30pm.
The bomb directly hit the head of the 50 year-old woman, with doctors immediately shifting her to the ICU.
In another incident, Alamgir Hossain, a 50 year-old fruit seller was hit by a crude bomb near the Paltan intersection at around 3:15pm, while on his way to his Segunbagicha home. He is now receiving treatment at the emergency ward of the DMCH with injuries to both his legs.
Nesar Ali, 28, driver of a CNG-run three-wheeler, lost control of his vehicle and crashed when picketers threw bricks at the three-wheeler during a trip from Baburhat from Chandpur. Nesar was first admitted to a local clinic, but was later moved to the DMCH in critical condition. He is undergoing treatment for face and head injuries at the hospital’s 103 number ward.
Meanwhile, three more auto-rickshaw drivers and a human-hauler driver are undergoing treatment at the Burn and Plastic Surgery unit of the DMCH after falling victims to arson attacks by picketers.
Rubel Hossain, 50, was waiting for passengers on the Comilla highway on Monday night when miscreants torched his auto-rickshaw, causing 23% burn injuries to his body. Rubel is now undergoing treatment at the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
Saber Ali, 33, another auto-rickshaw driver, dropped off some passengers near the Eastern Plaza market in Hatirpool, when some 10 people set his vehicle ablaze, causing burns to 15% of his body.
Mozammel Haque, 20, a human-hauler driver, was burned when picketers attacked his vehicle near south Banasree area at around 8:30pm. All passengers of the human-hauler managed to come out of the vehicle, but Mozammel – who is a resident of Nandipara Bot-tola in Khilgaon – sustained 60% burns on his body.
Nizamuddin, 36, was waiting for passengers near the Mouchak intersection at around 7:30pm when picketers set his auto-rickshaw ablaze and hurled crude bombs at the vehicle. The blaze burned 12% of Nizamuddin’s body.