Published: 12:57 AM, 26 September 2026
Patwary should be questioned over crude bomb remark: DMP
National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary should be questioned over his recent remarks about crude bomb explosions in Dhaka, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner (Crime Prevention-South) Md Tofayel Ahmed Mia.
He made the remarks while responding to questions from journalists at a briefing at the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road on Friday (25 September).
Following a protest march in Dhaka recently, Patwary said that there would be no more crude bomb blasts in Dhaka if the government met their three main demands.
Referring to the remarks at the briefing, journalists asked the joint commissioner whether activists of banned organisations were solely behind the recent blasts or whether others were also involved.
'Certainly, I think he should be questioned. Otherwise, why did he make such a statement?' Tofayel Ahmed said. Asked whether police could directly question the NCP leader, Tofayel said the decision would have to be taken by senior police officials.
Police arrested Jahid Hasan Emon, 30, from Bagashur area under South Keraniganj police station early Friday in connection with an investigation into a cocktail blast in front of Jatrabari police station on September 19.
According to a police press release, police recovered 1.5kg of caustic soda, 1.6kg of sulphur, 5kg of marbles, 2kg of one-inch barbed wire, 20 rolls of red tape, 11 rolls of black tape, 9,000 paper masks, 30 packets of elastic, and a blender and jar allegedly used to prepare materials for cocktails.
The items were recovered based on information provided by Emon following his arrest, the release said.
Tofayel said Emon had admitted that the masks were sent to him through an unidentified van driver via a leader in Lalbagh and were stored at his residence for distribution among leaders and activists.
Police said the masks had been prepared with an 'ill intention'.
Emon has two separate cases against him at Shahbagh and Lalbagh police stations, according to the press release.
Legal proceedings against him were under way, police said.
