Seven people were injured after the cylinder of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw exploded at Kulgaon under Bayzid police station in the Chittagong city early Sunday.
The injured were identified as Alauddin, 24, Shahabuddin, 28, Raju Ahmed, 26, Jahangir, 25, Rabiul Islam, 26, Helal, 24, and the CNG driver Shahabuddin, 26.
The Bayzid police sources said the injured were residents of Jhautala Bihari Colony under the Khulshi police station in the city and were going to Maizbhandar under Fatikchhari when the blast took place at about 1:30am.
The injured seven people were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
CMCH police sources said of the injured, three were in a critical state.
Mentionable that CNG cylinder explosions in public transport in Chittagong are rising alarmingly, posing serious threat to the life of commuters and people at large.
Only in the month of May, three incidents of CNG cylinder explosion took place in the Chittagong city, leaving at least nine people injured and one killed.
-With New Age input
