Dhaka: A man, who along with eight others sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion near Lalbagh crossing in Old Dhaka on Saturday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday.

The deceased is Abul Bashar, 45, a rickshaw-puller.

Bashar, who was undergoing treatment at the DMCH burn unit with 57 per cent burns on his body, succumbed to his injuries around 8:30pm, said DMCH police camp in-charge sub-inspector Bachchu Miah, reports UNB.

He suffered burns while pulling his rickshaw with passengers in the area during the explosion.

At least nine people, including employees of a restaurant, and pedestrians sustained burn injuries when the explosion occurred from a gas cylinder at a restaurant-cum-sweetmeat shop on Saturday afternoon.

Seven of them — Sajib, Makbul, Sabuj, Maruf, Panna Akhter, Abul Bashar and Hazrat Ali — had been admitted to the DMCH burn unit.