A fresh wave of crude bomb explosions and arson attacks across Bangladesh has left multiple people injured and one dead, heightening security concerns in the capital and beyond. In Dhaka, a private car driver was injured in a crude bomb blast at Dhaka University, while a teenage boy was hurt in a separate explosion in Malibagh. In Faridpur, a bus driver was burned alive when miscreants set fire to a parked bus.
The first incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. in front of the Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) at Dhaka University. A crude bomb exploded near a parked private car, injuring its driver, who was later identified as 36-year-old Sohel. Witnesses told The Daily Star that the bomb may have been dropped from one of the floors of the FBS building, landing on the car before exploding. The injured driver was rushed to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for treatment.
Dhaka University Proctor Israfil Ratan confirmed the injury and said a team had been sent to the spot. Around the same time, another crude bomb exploded in front of the ‘Shadow’ intersection adjacent to the site, damaging a private car but causing no injuries.
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The violence also took a life in Faridpur, where a 60-year-old bus driver was burnt to death after unidentified miscreants set fire to a parked bus early Monday, 9 November. The deceased, Md Kalachan Sheikh, was sleeping inside a bus belonging to Kishore-Tanay Paribahan near Goalchamat New Bus Stand when the vehicle was set ablaze.
Firefighters rescued him and took him to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Some reports indicated he died from smoke inhalation, while others described him as having been burned alive. The bus was owned by Tapan Kumar Das, 50, a resident of Sinpara in the Rathkhola area of Faridpur town.
In a separate incident in Dhaka’s Malibagh area, a 17-year-old boy was injured when a crude bomb was hurled by miscreants in the Chowdhurypara area under Rampura Police Station. The injured teenager, identified as Ador, son of Ujjal Chowdhury, was walking along a road beside Gazi Motors around 2 a.m. when the explosion occurred. He was first taken to a local hospital and later shifted to the burn unit of DMCH, where doctors said around 8% of his body had been burnt.
The incidents are part of a wider spate of violence that has gripped Bangladesh in recent days. According to reports, more than 50 crude bomb explosions have rocked different parts of Dhaka, and at least eight buses have been set ablaze. The attacks come amid heightened political tensions ahead of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s anticipated return to the country in December.
Police have stepped up security, setting up 160 additional checkpoints across the capital, and have arrested at least 19 people in connection with the recent blasts and arson attacks. Authorities have alleged links between many of those arrested and the banned Awami League.
