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RAB personnel loses wrist in accidental bomb blast

Corporal Shahidul Islam, 32, was severely injured at the Abhaynagar police station compound around 11am

Update : 15 Sep 2019, 03:40 PM

A member of Rapid Action Battalion’s (RAB) bomb disposal unit has lost one of his wrists while disposing a bomb in Jessore.

Corporal Shahidul Islam, 32, was severely injured at the Abhaynagar police station compound around 11am on Sunday.

The police station officer-in-charge (OC) Tazul Islam confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.

OC Tazul said: “A team of RAB 6 Khulna camp came to dispose some bombs which were seized in February.

“One of the bombs, inadvertently blasted in which Shahidul’s left wrist was detached. Later, he was shifted to Jessore Combine Military Hospital (CMH).

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