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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 12 people in connection with a crude bomb attack on a police patrol vehicle during a procession by a banned organisation in the capital’s Kurmitola area on 5 November. A police constable was injured in the blast.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the arrests in a text message to the media on Monday (9 November).
Of the 12 suspects, four were arrested by Cantonment Police, five by the Detective Branch (DB) and three by the Special Response Unit (SRU), he said.
The attack took place in front of Kurmitola Golf Club under Cantonment Police Station at around 7:30am on 5 November.
According to police, activists of the banned organisation staged a procession involving 70–80 motorcycles, travelling from Banani towards Kuril Bishwa Road while chanting “Joy Bangla” slogans.
When the procession reached the golf club, participants hurled a crude bomb at a police patrol vehicle stationed there. The explosion injured the vehicle’s driver, Constable Md Enamul, in his left eye.
He was initially taken to Kurmitola General Hospital before being transferred to the National Institute of Ophthalmology in Agargaon for further treatment.
Police detained three people along with their motorcycles immediately after the incident. Further arrests were made by different DMP units.
