Microbus gas-cylinder blast kills 3

Three passengers of a microbus were killed and four others, including three policemen, injured as its gas-cylinder exploded at Kumudini College intersection in Tangail town early Tuesday, reports UNB.

The deceased are Jannatul Ferdous Bonna, 19, her maternal uncle Sirajul Islam, 60, and her cousin Faruk Hossain, 42.

Saidur Rahman, office-in-charge of Tangail Model police station, a gas-cylinder of the microbus exploded in the Kumudini College area around 4:00am when the victims were returning from Rajshahi, leaving the three dead on the spot and four others injured.

The injured were admitted to Tangail General Hospital, the OC added.