Locals and officials blamed gas accumulated inside the mosque for the blasts of six air-conditioners that killed at least 31 Muslim worshippers and injured 19 others on Sep 4. After the state gas transmission and distribution agency dug several spots in the area to investigate the blasts, bubbles were located in mud and water in the holes on the street a week later, on Friday. “It will create panic among the people,” said Hafizur Rahman, who lives in a house next to the mosque. Md Mafizul Islam, the deputy general manager of Titas in Narayanganj, said they had sent an emergency response team to the site. He claimed they had not filled up the holes in order to check whether more leaks were still there.

Source: bd News24 September 11, 2020 19:41 UTC