Unidentified miscreants on Sunday threw a crude bomb on a procession of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the city, leaving at least five people injured, including a cameraman of a television channel.
Witness and police said five crude bombs were exploded one after another in front of the procession led by BNP joint secretaries general Amanullah Aman and Rizvi Ahmed when it reached Bijoynagar Water Tank area.
The procession brought out from the party's central office at Naya Paltan was on its way to National Press Club.
Soon after the explosion, the processionists started to run for cover creating panic in the area.
The injured included Manzur Rahman, cameraman of private television channel 'Somoy' and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal joint secretary general Amiruzzaman Khan Shimul.
Police arrested one from the spot in connection with the bomb explosions.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a press conference at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office alleged that the ruling Awami League-backed terror groups launched the attack.
Protesting at the attack, Fakhrul demanded exemplary punishment of those involved in the bomb attacks.
Mirza Fakhrul termed the incident an 'attack on democracy'.
The BNP spokesperson claimed a total of 20 party activists were injured in the attack including Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal and party education affairs secretary Khairul Kabir Khokan.
Source : New Age
