Explosions near CMM court

Bombs exploded near the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in old Dhaka on Wednesday.

 

The explosions were reported when the hearing on the stay petition on Abdul Quader Molla’s execution was taking place in the Supreme Court.

Bombs were also hurled at Badda amid the Opposition-backed blockade and the Jamaat-e-Islami-sponsored shutdown.

Nobody was injured in the explosions.

Miscreants exploded several handmade bombs in front of the CMM court around 9am, Kotowali Police Station SI Manab Ghosh said.

Jamaat-Shibir activists exploded homemade bombs while taking out a procession in Badda’s Shahdatpur around 8.45am, police said.

The Opposition alliance is enforcing the blockade since Saturday rejecting polls while the Jamaat called the nationwide shutdown on Wednesday to stop of the execution of war crimes convict Abdul Quader Molla.

The Jamaat leader was set to be hanged one minute after Tuesday midnight but the Supreme Court Chamber Judge stayed it until 10.30am on Wednesday.

Jamaat-Shibir activists went berserk across the country as jail authorities got ready to hang Molla.

Security had been tightened all over the country including Dhaka to avert any trouble.