Four homemade crude bombs were hurled at Information Minister Hasanul
Haq Inu’s residence in the capital’s Mirpur area yesterday.
According to eyewitnesses, four youths in their early twenties on two motorbikes came near the five-storied residential building on Darus Salam Road.
Mohammad Lokman, a security guard of MA Khalek Residential area adjacent to the minister’s house, “As soon as they left after a very short conversation with me, the explosions took place and smoke engulfed the minister’s house.”
The crude bombs exploded as they impaled the walls and windows of the first and second floors of the building around 2:30pm. The minister lives on the first floor with his family, while his sister, advocate Laila Rashid, lives on the second. Neither of them was at home during the blasts.
Afroza Haq Rina, the minister’s wife, said, “I was busy with house-chores in an inner room. Hearing the repeated loud bangs, I came to the front of the room and saw two motorbikes pass by quickly along the road next to our building.”
She said no one was hurt, and nothing in the room was damaged.
Other witnesses said that the explosions left marks and residue on the glass and the walls where they were hurled at.
Inu alleged Jamaat-Shibir men to be behind the attack and told reporters, “The consecutive attacks on the houses of ministers, 14 party leaders and innocent people are to foil the war crimes trial. But despite their repeated attacks, we will try the war criminals.”
Law enforcers including police, Rab and the Detective Branch of Police cordoned off the area and later a bomb disposal unit collected the remains of the bombs as evidence.
Sanwar Hossain, senior assistant commissioner of DMP’s bomb disposal unit, confirmed the explosives were homemade bombs.
Khalilur Rahman Patwari, officer-in-charge of the Darus Salam Police Station, said they started an investigation to find those responsible for the attack, but had not yet arrested anyone.
Meanwhile, local Chhatra League activists staged demonstrations in front of the minister’s house and demanded immediate arrest of the attackers.
Workers Party of Bangladesh and Sector Commanders Forum condemned the attack and demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprits.
Three crude bombs were also thrown at Foreign Minister Dipu Moni’s residence on May 28, a day before a nationwide strike called by the 18-Party alliance.
According to eyewitnesses, four youths in their early twenties on two motorbikes came near the five-storied residential building on Darus Salam Road.
Mohammad Lokman, a security guard of MA Khalek Residential area adjacent to the minister’s house, “As soon as they left after a very short conversation with me, the explosions took place and smoke engulfed the minister’s house.”
The crude bombs exploded as they impaled the walls and windows of the first and second floors of the building around 2:30pm. The minister lives on the first floor with his family, while his sister, advocate Laila Rashid, lives on the second. Neither of them was at home during the blasts.
Afroza Haq Rina, the minister’s wife, said, “I was busy with house-chores in an inner room. Hearing the repeated loud bangs, I came to the front of the room and saw two motorbikes pass by quickly along the road next to our building.”
She said no one was hurt, and nothing in the room was damaged.
Other witnesses said that the explosions left marks and residue on the glass and the walls where they were hurled at.
Inu alleged Jamaat-Shibir men to be behind the attack and told reporters, “The consecutive attacks on the houses of ministers, 14 party leaders and innocent people are to foil the war crimes trial. But despite their repeated attacks, we will try the war criminals.”
Law enforcers including police, Rab and the Detective Branch of Police cordoned off the area and later a bomb disposal unit collected the remains of the bombs as evidence.
Sanwar Hossain, senior assistant commissioner of DMP’s bomb disposal unit, confirmed the explosives were homemade bombs.
Khalilur Rahman Patwari, officer-in-charge of the Darus Salam Police Station, said they started an investigation to find those responsible for the attack, but had not yet arrested anyone.
Meanwhile, local Chhatra League activists staged demonstrations in front of the minister’s house and demanded immediate arrest of the attackers.
Workers Party of Bangladesh and Sector Commanders Forum condemned the attack and demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprits.
Three crude bombs were also thrown at Foreign Minister Dipu Moni’s residence on May 28, a day before a nationwide strike called by the 18-Party alliance.
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