Four of a family sustained burn injuries in a mysterious explosion at a five-storey building at Idrakpur in Munshiganj district town on Saturday.
The injured were identified as Rizvi Ahmed Russel, 42,his wife Rozina Begum,35, their son Raian Ahmed, 3 and Russel’s mother Shahida Khatun, 65, of the area.
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Of them, Shahida received 90 percent burn injuries.
Quoting local people, additional superintendent of Munshiganj police Khairul Islam, said Russel was a programme officer of One Stop Service at Munshiganj General Hospital and he used to live on the 4th floor of the building with his family as a tenant.
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The explosion occurred around 6:15 am that triggered fire, leaving four of the family injured.
Later, they were taken to a local hospital where doctors referred three of them to the Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute.
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However, it is still not clear what caused the explosion but police suspected that blast occurred from electric device laptop or mobile phone.