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Extortionists attack brick kiln
Three people were injured as a gang of extortionists threw bombs at a brick kiln at Karpasdanga village in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga Friday night. Kiln manager of MR Bricks, Badar Uddin, 38, sustained severe burn injuries in his right hand. The two others are labourers Mogreb Ali, 27 and Jahidul Islam, 42. Azizul Haq, officer in-charge (OC) of Damurhuda police station, said the incident took place when the gang hurled the bombs around 9:30pm after failing to get Tk 2 lakh illegal toll from the manager. MR Bricks experienced a second bomb attack by extortionists in a month. Earlier on March 15, another extortionist group blasted two bombs on the brick kiln.
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