Three cocktail blasts rock Dhaka overnight, bus gutted by fire in Mohakhali

Three cocktails exploded in the capital's Jatrabari and Banani areas in the middle of the night. However, there were no reports of casualties in these incidents.

Sub-Inspector Salauddin of Jatrabari police station told Prothom Alo that miscreants set off two cocktails in front of the Jatrabari police station at around 1:10 a.m. on Saturday night. He said it is being investigated who was involved.

According to Banani police station sources, a cocktail exploded near the Setu Bhaban. It was not initially known who was involved in this incident.

Meanwhile, a bus parked at the Mohakhali bus terminal in the capital was gutted by fire. The fire broke out in a Sohag Paribahan bus at the back part of the terminal after 1 a.m.

Sub-Inspector Abdul Hamid of Tejgaon Industrial Area police station said the entire bus was burned in the fire. Two units of the Fire Service reached the spot and brought the fire under control.

Police said efforts are underway to determine the cause of the fire. Investigations into both the cocktail explosions and the bus fire are continuing, though no arrests have been reported so far.