Crude bombs blast in several areas of Dhaka; rickshaw driver hurt

The explosions were reported in Jatrabari, Malibagh, Agargaon, Mohakhali, Babubazar, Moghbazar and Rampura between the afternoon and midnight.

In Jatrabari, miscreants detonated several bombs near Jatrabari Police Station and the Chaurasta police box around 7:45pm-8pm.

Autorickshaw driver Ibadur Rahman, 26 was injured in the blasts and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, police said.

Besides, miscreants also set to afire a passenger bus near Kafrul police station.

Earlier, two crude bombs exploded beside the road near Shohagh Paribahan counter, opposite to Malibagh Railgate around 2:25pm-2:30pm.

Police said the devices appeared to have been thrown from the flyover. No casualties were reported.

Around 6pm, another crude bomb exploded in front of Betar Bhaban in Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police said.

At about the same time, a crude bomb was thrown from Mohakhali Flyover onto the road, according to Banani police.

A crude bomb exploded beneath Babubazar Bridge around 8pm, while another exploded near the Jame Mosque at Moghbazar intersection around 9:15pm. No casualties were reported in either incident.

Police also reported two hand-bomb explosions on the road opposite the main gate of Bangladesh Television in Rampura around 11pm. No casualties were initially reported.

Separately, a Mirpur Link Paribahan bus caught fire in front of Kafrul Police Station around 10:15pm. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Niaz Mehedi the bomb disposal unit visited each of the incident sites and collected samples.

Local police stations and other agencies were also investigating the incidents, reports UNB.