6 held over city blasts, 17 live cocktails recovered

Police have detained or arrested six people in connection with separate incidents of cocktail explosions and attacks in Dhaka, recovering 17 live cocktails from the Hatirjheel area.

On Friday afternoon, four cocktails were thrown on roads on both sides of the Kalabagan bus stand. One exploded on the western side, while the other three, thrown near the pedestrian overpass on the eastern side, remained unexploded. No casualties were reported. However police leter recover 13 cocktails.

Kalabagan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Fazle Ashik said the three unexploded devices were neutralised by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Bomb Disposal Unit. Two people were detained over the incident and were being questioned.

Dhanmondi Police Station OC Emdad Islam said two more people were detained in connection with the explosion on the western side of the overpass.

In a separate operation, police arrested two people with four live cocktails in Hatirjheel, DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Md Akter Hossain said in a press release on Friday.

He said two cocktails were exploded by unidentified miscreants opposite Ramna Shopping Complex under Ramna Model Police Station at around 8:00pm last Friday. A case was filed under the Explosives Act.

After analysing CCTV footage and gathering intelligence, police identified the suspects and raided a house in Chairman Goli, Nayatola, Moghbazar, under Hatirjheel Police Station at around 7:15am on Friday.