Staff Reporter :
Police Headquarters have directed all units of the force to remain alert and take cautionary measures following the bomb blast in the city’s Science Laboratory area on Saturday night.
All concerned units of police, including ranges and districts, have been issued directives verbally in this regard, Md Sohel Rana, Assistant Inspector General (AIG-Media and Public Relations) of Police Headquarters, told the media on Sunday.
The bomb attack is currently being investigated, he said, adding, “The matter of Islamic State’s claim of responsibility (for the blast) has come to sight. But no connection between IS and the attack has been ascertained yet.”
The police personnel were asked to be more cautious to park the cars near any police unit, another police official said.
All the unit chiefs were also asked to carry out block raid and checking post amid the highest alert as per instructions, he said.
On Saturday, two policemen, including a security escort of LGRD Minister Tazul Islam, were injured in the attack when the minister was passing through the area around 9:20 pm.
The injured are Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Shahabuddin and Constable Aminul, who were admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. ASI Shahabuddin was escorting LGRD Minister Tazul Islam through the Science Laboratory area.
On May 26, two people, including a female police officer, were injured after a bomb went off near a police pickup in the capital’s Malibagh intersection.
In another incident, two traffic police constables and a community traffic policeman were injured in a blast in Gulistan on April 29.
