2 hurt as bomb explodes

At least two people were injured in an explosion near the house of local BNP convener Abdul Latif Dhali at Gaodia village under Louhajong upazila yesterday. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Louhajong police station Saiful Islam said the explosion occurred early yesterday. He suspects that the local BNP convener is involved with manufacturing of bombs. Police went to the spot in the morning, collected evidence and filed a case in this connection. Later, Tongibari and Louhajong police, in a joint drive, arrested Harun from Baligaon Bazar and Sujon from Gaodia Padmar Par. They were injured allegedly while making bomb. But another injured Mahe Alam could not be nabbed, police said.