Police detained three suspects in connection with a crude bomb explosion near the entrance to Agargaon Bypass Road, opposite the boundary wall of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), early Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Tejgaon Division Ibne Mizan told UNB that police collected and analysed CCTV footage following the incident.
Police are analysing additional footage to identify those involved in the explosion, he said.
One crude bomb blasted between 1:10am and 1:15am on Saturday, when two youths riding a motorcycle from the Jahangir Gate direction towards the Prime Minister’s Office hurled two crude bombs at the entrance to Agargaon Bypass Road.
On information, a Bomb Disposal Unit reached the spot and defused the unexploded crude bomb.
Police filed a case under the Explosive Substances Act with Tejgaon Police Station over the incident.