A balloon vendor was killed and two people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at Dhaka Shiksha Board Laboratory School and College compound in Dhaka city's Mirpur on Friday.
The dead man was identified as Siddique, 50.
Selimuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Darus Salam Police Station, said Sidique went to the Dhaka Shiksha Board Laboratory School and College compound on the annual sports day of the students to sell gas balloons.
Shocking commuters, the gas cylinder went off with a big bang around 8:00am, leaving Siddique, class-X student Jannatul and another one injured, reports UNB.
Later, Siddique was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
