Apr 20: Two persons were killed and four others injured in bomb explosion incidents in Jibannagar upazila of the district on April 13. Police said, some activists of Purba Bangla Communist Party (Janajoddha) hurled a bomb at a shop where the local BNP leader Sanwar Hossain, 45, and others were chatting. After a few minutes, the hoodlums hurled another bomb at the house of Piyari Begum, a member of Baka Union Parishad.The explosions killed Lal Chand, 35, and Fatema Begum, 85 of village Baka in Jibannagar upazila on the spot. While Sanwar Hossain, Mohidul Islam, 40, Afzal Hossain, 40, and Lutfur Rahman of the same village received grievous injuries.
Badal Roy, leader of the armed cadre, claimed to have their involvement in the incident. Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Chuadanga General Hospital morgue for autopsy. Cases were filed with Jibannagar thana in this connection.