2 killed in Ctg gas cylinder blast

Two workers were killed and two others injured in a gas cylinder blast in an oil-laden vessel in the Karnaphuli River in the port city of Chattogram on Monday, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Md Rashed, 23, and Md Abu Bakkar, 21.

Karnaphuli police station officer-in-charge Syedul Mostafa said the gas cylinder went off at 'MV Desh-1' at Shikalbaha of the river around 4pm, leaving four workers injured.

The injured were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Rashed and Bakkar dead, said sub-inspector Jahir Raihan of CMCH police camp.

Md Quamrul, 28, and Amzad Hossain, 30, were undergoing treatment at the hospital, he said.