Dhaka, Nov 7 (UNB) – Three members of a family were killed and five others injured in a gays cylinder explosion at Aramnagar of Joypurhat municipality on Wednesday night.

One of the deceased was identified as Mominul.

Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Sirajul Islam said the gas cylinder went off at the house of Mominul around 10:15pm, leaving three inmates dead on the spot and five others injured.

The injured were taken to Joypurhat Modern Hospital, he said.