A balloon vendor was killed and his assistant injured as a gas cylinder exploded in the city’s Railway Polo Ground area on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as M Rafiqul Islam, 35, son of Mati Hawlader of Madhya Sonakhali in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district while the injured is Rubel, 18.
Pankaj Barua, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police camp, said Rafique was selling balloons in the area at noon.
The gas cylinder went of with a big bang while Rafique was filling a balloon with gas, leaving him and Rubel critically injured.
Locals rushed them to the CMCH where doctors declared the balloon seller dead.
Rubel is undergoing treatment at the hospital.
-UNB
