Petrol bombs thrown at Mohammadpur grocery store owned by Adviser Farida, Farhad Mazhar
Police say efforts underway to identify those involved in the incident by analysing CCTV footage
Petrol bombs were thrown at Mohammadpur's Shashya Prabartana, a grocery store for organic food owned by fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhtar and writer Farhad Mazhar last night (7 March).
No injuries have been reported from the incident.
"The incident took place at a shop called Prabartana on Mohammadpur Sir Syed Road around 9pm on Friday," said Hafizur Rahman, inspector (investigation) of Mohammadpur Police Station.
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He said police and army members recovered two petrol bomb bottles from the scene. CCTV footage of the incident has also been collected.
Hafizur said that it is not yet confirmed who or which group threw the petrol bomb and why.
"The bottles of the petrol bomb was lit and thrown, but the fire did not fully catch. The bottles were recovered from the tin roof. Efforts are ongoing to identify those involved in the incident by analysing CCTV footage," he said.
