DHAKA: A cocktail bomb exploded in the capital’s Banasree area early Monday morning. The incident took place in Block G of Banasree at around 6:15am.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Khilgaon Police Station Saiful Islam told the media that miscreants detonated a cocktail bomb in the area. However, no one was injured in the incident. Police are trying to identify and arrest those involved.
Meanwhile, police arrested a man named Ashraful while he was allegedly attempting to detonate a cocktail bomb in the capital’s Rupnagar area. Police said the arrested man is a member of the banned organisation Chhatra League.
In a text message issued on Monday, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said Ashraful was caught red-handed with a cocktail bomb during an attempted explosion in Rupnagar Police Station area on Sunday night.