Cocktail hurled at Krishak Dal meeting in Khulna, major mishap averted as it fails to explode

A cocktail was hurled at an indoor discussion meeting of ward-level Krishak Dal leaders and activists in Daulatpur, Khulna. The thrown cocktail did not explode, so no major accident occurred.

The incident took place at around 8pm on Monday (9 November) in a tin-shed room in front of Save and Save (now the establishment named Mona) in Daulatpur. The indoor meeting of ward-level leaders and activists was under way in that tin-shed room.

Khulna metropolitan Krishak Dal convener Sajiv Talukder said the indoor meeting of ward-level leaders and activists was in progress in the tin-shed room on Monday night. At that time, miscreants hurled a cocktail targeting the meeting.

Talukder said there were no casualties or damage because the cocktail did not explode. The leaders and activists present at the meeting were reported safe after the incident.

Metropolitan Krishak Dal leaders and activists held a protest march over the incident, expressing anger at the cocktail attack on the meeting.

Daulatpur police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Halimur Rahman said a bomb-like object was recovered from the scene. The incident occurred in front of the meeting venue while the indoor meeting of ward-level Krishak Dal leaders and activists was in progress.

The OC said the recovered object had not exploded. Police took the object away from the scene.