[Bangla Daily Star] An Islami Chhatra Shibir... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
activist was injured in kaboom while making bombs at a Koran learning centre in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong yesterday.
Police said Shibir activist Alamgir, 24, was injured as the bombs went off at Talimul Koran Academy in the upazila's Jamalpur around 4:30pm.
At least 15 to 20 bombs were blasted there, said Md Iftekhar Hasan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Jorarganj Police Station.
But Alamgir had managed to flee, the OC said, adding that they had tossed in the calaboose
You have the right to remain silent...
Alamgir's younger brother Muktar Hossain in this connection from their house adjacent to the academy.
The two brothers are actively involved in the politics of Shibir, the OC said, adding that they also had recovered bomb-making materials from the house.
There was a case filed with Jorarganj Police Station against them on the charge of blasting crude bombs during hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
, the OC added.
On October 7, at least seven people were maimed when a powerful bomb went off at Jamaatul Ulum Al Islamia Madrasa in Lalkhan Bazar of the port city, which was established by Hefajat Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury.
Three of them gave up the ghost later.