A crude bomb has exploded outside the private office of a National Citizen Party (NCP) leader in Shariatpur, triggering panic in the locality. The blast occurred around Monday night near the municipal Eidgah ground beside the office of Sabuj Talukder, the district NCP’s senior joint coordinator, said Helal Uddin, chief of Palang Model Police Station. The NCP leader alleged that the incident followed a phone threat from a “Bangladesh Chhatra League leader”. Police and locals said a group of assailants threw several crude bombs outside the office before fleeing the scene. Sabuj said, “For a long time, I’ve been receiving death threats from people identifying themselves as members of the banned organisation Chhatra League.
