Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Police have uncovered initial evidence that a fire that broke out at a car garage in Dhaka's Mohammadpur was sparked by a crude bomb thrown from a motorcycle.

The incident occurred at Mohammadpur's Beribadh area at a garage near the University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh campus around midnight on Saturday.

Two microbuses and a pickup truck at the garage have been damaged in the blaze.

Kazi Rafiq Ahmed, chief of Mohammadpur Police Station, said: "Immediately after the incident, we spoke to locals and learnt that there were three people on a motorcycle. They threw an object from the motorcycle and there was an explosion immediately afterwards and a fire started."

The pickup caught on fire first and the roof of the vehic...