Red alert issued for all jails

Staff Correspondent: Jail authorities have issued red alert for all the jails across the country after a suicide attacker blew himself up near a temporary camp of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Ashkona in capital’s Uttara area. (all newspaper)

Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin confirmed the matter to risingbd.com on Friday noon.

He said, “Red alert has been issued for all the jails across the country after the Ashkona suicide attack.”

A suspected suicide bomber was killed and two RAB members were injured as bomb blew off on a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) camp at Ashkona in capital’s Uttara area on Friday noon. (online bangla newspaper)

According to RAB sources, an unidentified youth entered the under-construction site climbing the wall of adjacent Hajj camp around 1:05pm.

When RAB members present there saw the unidentified young man, they challenged him. The young man started running away and at one stage one bomb, attached with his body, went off with a big bang, leaving him dead on the spot and two RAB men injured.

The injured RAB officials were admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH).

The incident took place a day after four suspected militants were killed during a special raid by joint forces on a militant hideout at Premtala in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.

risingbd/DHAKA/Mar 17, 2017/Nur/Amirul