A 17-year-old boy was injured when a crude bomb was hurled by miscreants in the Malibagh Chowdhurypara area of the capital early Tuesday.
The injured was identified as Ador, son of Ujjal Chowdhury.
His family said the incident took place around 2am when Ador was walking along a road beside Gazi Motors in Malibagh Chowdhurypara under Rampura Police Station.
He was first taken to a local hospital and later to Metropolitan Hospital before being shifted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 5am for better treatment.
His father said family members took him to different hospitals following the explosion before bringing him to DMCH.
Habibur Rahman, inspector in-charge of the DMCH police camp, said the boy was brought to the hospital’s emergency department with injuries caused by a crude bomb explosion.
He said the boy was later referred to the burn unit, where he is undergoing treatment.
Doctors said around 8% of his body had been burnt, the police official added.
