Crude bombs exploded outside Bhairab Police Station in Kishoreganj as people chanted ‘Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu’ slogans.
The incident took place around 10:20pm on Tuesday.
According to eyewitnesses, people riding a motorcycle hurled the bombs onto the highway in front of the police station’s main gate before fleeing.
A 21-second video of the incident later went viral on Facebook. Uploaded about an hour after the incident from an account named ‘Mohammad Tamim’, the video captured the explosion and slogans.
Its caption claimed the attack was carried out in protest against illegal cases.
Pedestrian Deen Islam, an eyewitness, said he was on his way to visit a patient at a hospital when the explosion occurred.
The loud explosion panicked him and nearby people, while several police officers came out of the station.
However, Bhairab Police Station Officer-in-charge Md Mahabubur Rahman denied that a crude bomb had exploded outside the station.
He claimed the sound came from a truck tyre bursting, which was mistaken for an explosion.
