2 cops hurt in Dhaka crude bomb blast

Two policemen sustained splinter injuries as two crude bombs went off near Purana Paltan area in Dhaka this evening.

Unidentified miscreants hurled two crude bombs at the north corner of the GPO around 8:00pm, leaving policemen Abdul Mannan Azad and Amrito Pal injured, said Rajib Kumar Sarkar, sub-inspector at Paltan Police Station.

The victims are currently taking treatment at Central Police Hospital in Rajarbagh, he told The Daily Star.

No one was detained in this connection.