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Two workers were injured and a suspect was apprehended following a crude bomb explosion in Dhaka’s Farmgate on Saturday evening.
The incident took place near the Farmview Super Market around 7:15 p.m. a day before BNP’s next round of nationwide blockade.
Apurba Hasan, the chief of Tejgaon Police Station, said the criminals hurled two crude bombs from the footbridge in the area. Pedestrians caught one of them and handed him over to police, according to bdnews24.com reports.
The injured are Imdadul Haque Khan, 56, a joint director of Bangladesh Bank, and his nephew Najmus Shahadat, 35, a manager of Summit Oil and Shipping.
Both Imdadul and Najmus were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with minor injuries.