Cocktail explodes inside Pallabi Police Station, SRB member injured

A cocktail bomb exploded inside the premises of Pallabi Police Station in the capital on Sunday evening, slightly injuring a member of the Special Response Battalion (SRB).

The incident occurred around 7:30 pm on Sunday when two unidentified individuals arrived on a motorcycle and threw a cocktail into the police station compound from an adjacent flyover before fleeing.

According to law enforcement sources, the explosion scattered fragments that struck an SRB-4 member stationed inside the main gate of the police station, leaving him slightly injured.

No one has been arrested in connection with the incident so far.

Confirming the incident, Pallabi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Jalal Uddin said the attackers carried out the explosion inside the police station premises to create panic.

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