Three people, including two rickshaw pullers, were injured Wednesday after shattered glass littered the street following a gas geyser explosion on the fifth floor of Victory Hotel in the capital’s Naya Paltan.

The blast took place at around 7:15pm next to the BNP central office.

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Paltan Police Station Officer-In-Charge (OC) Abu Bakkar Siddiqui said a gas geyser could have exploded.

"The geyser was located in a bathroom on the fifth floor of the hotel. The explosion caused all the window glass to shatter and fall in on the pedestrians, injuring three people, including two rickshaw pullers."

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Of the injured, two people took first aid while another was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the OC said.