A young man died after the compressor of an air-conditioner (AC) exploded at a house in capital’s Aftabnagar area on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Shapnil Ahmed Piash, 26, son of Moazzem Hossain Nannu, a former secretary of Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB).
The incident took place at the top floor of a 10-storey building at around 6:00am. Piash suffered severe burns in the AC compressor blast, reports a news agency.
Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 7:17am where doctors pronounced him dead, said Bachhu Mia, inspector of DMCH police outpost.