Eight injured as looters blast crude bombs

Eight people were injured, three of them seriously, as miscreants blasted five crude bombs during their attack on several houses at Banshbari Colony in the town on Saturday night.

The gang also looted cash and gold ornaments from a house.

Three of the injured, Papiya Sultana Piyari, 40, his son Md Islam, 20, and her sister-in-law Moyna Akhtar, 38, were admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, police said. Five others were given first aid.

There had been a feud between Morad Hossain Kanon and Md Islam of the same colony over the latter's love affair with Kanon's daughter, Md Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, quoted the victims and locals as saying.

Following an altercation over the issue, Kanon and his men allegedly beat up Md Islam at a concert organised at Town Hall premises on Thursday night.

Around 8:00pm on Saturday night, a group of 25/30 people allegedly led by Kanon attacked the house of Piyari. The gang ransacked furniture of the house, looted Tk 50,000 in cash, gold ornaments and a TV set. They also ransacked a few adjacent houses that time.

The gang blasted five crude bombs, injuring at least eight people.

Piyari's husband Rana Ahmed lodged a case with Kotwali Police Station, accusing 10 people including Kanon as the prime accused yesterday morning.

Police detained Kanon's relative Anwar Hossain, 18, for his alleged involvement in the attack and was interrogating him at the police station as of filing of this report.