The injured are: Mirpur Upazila BNP president, also Mirpur municipality chairman, Saiful Haq Khan Chowdhury, BNP activists Allek, 32, Luthfor, 29, Manik, 23, Rahat, 31, Mostafa, 35, Rehana, 28, and police constable Dinesh, 42.

Allek's left wrist was blown off in the attack. The injured were admitted to Kushtia General Hospital and local clinics.

Shahidul blamed industrialist MA Khaleq, an aspirant for the BNP ticket in the next election from Kushtia-2 constituency, for the attack.

Khaleq, however, dismissed the allegation saying people who were subjected to repression by Shahidul might have carried out the attack.

Witnesses said the criminals around 5:00pm hurled the two bombs on a microbus of the motorcade when it was near Bhedmari intersection close to MA Khaleq's house.

The microbus was travelling next to Shahidul's. All the injured including the policeman were on board the vehicle.

Following the blasts, Shahidul along with at least 50 BNP activists went into the house of Khaleq and launched a broadside against the residents of the house.

As Khaleq was not at home, they vandalised the nearby house of Khaleq's aide Nabiruddin and beat up his wife.

Additional policemen, Bangladesh Rifles members and Rapid Action Battalion men were deployed to avert any untoward incidents.