Dhaka: An autorickshaw driver was injured as unidentified miscreants exploded crude bombs in different areas in the capital on Friday. The explosions were reported in Jatrabari, Malibagh, Agargaon, Mohakhali, Babubazar, Moghbazar, and Rampura between the afternoon and midnight.
According to United News of Bangladesh, 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 a passenger bus on fire near Kafrul police station.
Earlier in the day, 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, though no casualties were reported.
Around 6pm, another crude bomb exploded in front of Betar Bhaban in Agargaon, according to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police. At about the same time, a crude bomb was thrown from Mohakhali Flyover onto the road, as reported by 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, with no initial casualties 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 stated that the bomb disposal unit visited each of the incident sites and collected samples. Local police stations and other agencies were also investigating the incidents.