Four arrested over Jatrabari crude bomb blast
Police have arrested four people over a crude bomb blast in front of Jatrabari police station that left a passerby seriously injured on Friday.
The arrestees are Md Rayhan Uddin, 35, Russell Khan, 32, Ala Uddin, 28, and Abdullah, 28.
Four crude bombs were also recovered from the Lalbagh area based on information provided by one of the arrestees, said DMP's additional deputy commissioner (Media and Public Relations Division) Niaz Mehedi.
Following the blast on Friday, DB Wari division analysed CCTV footage and identified those involved, he said.
A DB team arrested Rayhan in Bangshal area on Saturday.
Based on information obtained from him, DB later recovered the four crude bombs wrapped in red adhesive tape from a sack of brick chips beside a pillar in the parking area of a 10-storey building on Zen Saha Road in Lalbagh on Sunday.
Three others were later arrested from the Dogair area under Demra Police Station.
The arrestees were initially found to be active members of a banned political organisation, he said.
A case was filed against them under the Explosive Substantive Act with Jatrabari Police Station.
Operations are underway to arrest others involved in the blast, said Niaz Mehedi.
Crude bombs blast in several areas of Dhaka; autorickshaw driver injured
Earlier on Friday, an autorickshaw driver Ibadur Rahman, 26 was injured in the blasts and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, police said.
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.
Miscreants also set fire to 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.