Unidentified miscreants hurled three crude bombs apparently targeting a parked car being used by the Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, Pankaj Saran, as he was on a two-day visit to south-western Khulna district, officials and witnesses said Friday.
‘The high commissioner is completely unhurt and there is nothing to be
worried about . . . he will return to Dhaka in line with his visit schedule,’ an Indian high commission official told the news agency.
A police official in Khulna said unidentified miscreants hurled the bombs in front of a number of parked cars while the Indian envoy was in a meeting with the local chamber leaders.
The assistant police commissioner, Abul Kalam Azad, said the explosions slightly wounded five people including two drivers. But the cars were not damaged. A massive manhunt was launched to track down those who exploded the bombs.
‘We suspect that activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami exploded the bombs ahead of their planned general strike in the [Khulna] district to create panic... we think it is a stray incident,’ the official said.
Witnesses said the explosions came as Saran was addressing the function.
The Indian High Commission officials said the envoy went to coastal Khulna region Friday to witness cyclone-affected areas as a project was under way there with Indian assistance for rehabilitation of the victims. (Source)
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