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Dhaka: Unidentified miscreants today hurled three crude bombs, apparently targeting a parked car being used by the Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh during a visit to southwestern Khulna district, injuring three people including his driver.
"The High Commissioner (Pankaj Saran) is completely unhurt and there is nothing to be worried about... he will return to Dhaka in line with his visit schedule," an Indian High Commission spokesman told PTI.
A police official in Khulna said unidentified miscreants hurled the bombs in front of a number of parked cars while the Indian envoy was in a meeting with the local chamber leaders.
Assistant police commissioner Abul Kalam Azad said the explosions resulted in three people sustaining minor injuries, including the envoy's driver, but the cars were not damaged. A massive manhunt was launched to track down those who exploded the bombs, he added.
"We suspect that activists of Jamaat-e-Islami exploded the bombs ahead of their planned general strike in the (Khulna) district to create fear among public, so their programme could be enforced...we think it is a stray incident," the official said.
A local journalist who was covering the envoy's programme said the explosions came as Mr Saran was about to complete his address at Chamber of Commerce and Industries building.
Officials of the Indian High Commission said the envoy went to coastal Khulna region today to survey cyclone-affected areas as a project was underway there with Indian assistance for the rehabilitation of the victims.
Last month, a low-intensity crude cocktail bomb exploded outside a hotel in Dhaka during President Pranab Mukherjee's visit amid a general strike called by fundamentalist group, Jamaat-e-Islami, to protest the conviction of three of its top leaders for the 1971 war crimes.
Indian envoy's car attacked in Bangladesh | NDTV.com
"The High Commissioner (Pankaj Saran) is completely unhurt and there is nothing to be worried about... he will return to Dhaka in line with his visit schedule," an Indian High Commission spokesman told PTI.
A police official in Khulna said unidentified miscreants hurled the bombs in front of a number of parked cars while the Indian envoy was in a meeting with the local chamber leaders.
Assistant police commissioner Abul Kalam Azad said the explosions resulted in three people sustaining minor injuries, including the envoy's driver, but the cars were not damaged. A massive manhunt was launched to track down those who exploded the bombs, he added.
"We suspect that activists of Jamaat-e-Islami exploded the bombs ahead of their planned general strike in the (Khulna) district to create fear among public, so their programme could be enforced...we think it is a stray incident," the official said.
A local journalist who was covering the envoy's programme said the explosions came as Mr Saran was about to complete his address at Chamber of Commerce and Industries building.
Officials of the Indian High Commission said the envoy went to coastal Khulna region today to survey cyclone-affected areas as a project was underway there with Indian assistance for the rehabilitation of the victims.
Last month, a low-intensity crude cocktail bomb exploded outside a hotel in Dhaka during President Pranab Mukherjee's visit amid a general strike called by fundamentalist group, Jamaat-e-Islami, to protest the conviction of three of its top leaders for the 1971 war crimes.
Indian envoy's car attacked in Bangladesh | NDTV.com
