At least 17 people along with a doctor of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and a police constable were injured in separate crude bombings in the capital yesterday.
Mazharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Tejgaon police station, said minutes after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade crossed Karwan Bazar underpass area a number of crude bombs were blasted. Assistant Sub-Inspector Mahbub was hit by splinters in the blast and was taken to a hospital.
The premier was on her way to Suhrawardy Udyan to address a rally marking the historic day of March 7.
Witnesses said, the whole section of the road was under tight security for the prime minister’s motorcade when four crude bombs exploded in front of the Kawran Bazar underpass.
Meanwhile, Mehnaz Tabassum Prova, 30, assistant registrar of the DMCH, was injured by crude bomb blast near the Central Shaheed Minar yesterday afternoon. She received injuries in her left hand and leg as she fell down from the rickshaw she was on, said Dr KM Riaz Morshed, resident surgeon of the hospital’s emergency ward. “Prova also received splinter injuries under her left eye. She is undergoing treatment here,” he added.
Witnesses said three crude bombs suddenly went off near the Shaheed Minar premises around 2:45pm when Prova was crossing the area. The locals took her to the DMCH.
In a separate incident, at least 13 AL activists were injured as several crude bombs were hurled at a procession in front of Shikkha Bhaban in the capital yesterday.
Police said miscreants hurled the crude bombs when they were marching towards Suhrawardy Udyan to join the AL rally. All the 13 injured were taken to DMCH.
Shibli Noman, Assistant Commissioner of police, said locals nabbed three alleged miscreants following the explosions and handed them over to police. “A mob beat them before handing them over,” he added.
A rickshaw puller, Papan, was also injured in another crude bomb blast in the Azimpur graveyard area. He was also admitted to the DMCH.
At Mohammadpur in front of the Krishi Market, a crude bomb went off injuring a vegetable trader Abed Ali, 50, and Habib, 30 around 6:45pm.
Abed’s condition was critical with injuries in his abdomen; Habib received injuries to his leg. They were taken to DMCH, confirmed Mozammel Haque, In-charge of DMCH police outpost.
In Chittagong, one Sumon, 18, received splinter injuries as miscreants set fire to a compartment of Chittagong University (CU) shuttle train and exploded crude bombs at Sholoshahar Railway Station in Chittagong city last night at around 8pm. He was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
Government Railway Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Arob Ali said the station staff and locals extinguished the flame within a short time. A live crude bomb was found from the compartment but no one was caught.
The railway authorities suspended the scheduled train to the campus after the incident.
