Online Desk: A man and his wife burnt to death after gas cylinder explosion at their house in the capital’s Bhatara early Thursday. The deceased were Abdul Majid Shikder, 72, and his wife Taslima Begum, 48. The cylinder exploded when Abdul Majid tried to light the gas stove at his house on the second floor of a building around 5am.
The fire spread soon. As his wife tried to save him, she too burnt. The couple died on the spot. Being informed, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital morgue, said Bhatara Police Station OC Abul Basher Mohammad Asaduzzaman.