Day 2 of blockade: Bus and truck set on fire in Ctg

UNB, Chattogram :

Miscreants set a bus and truck on fire in separate incidents in Chattogram district today during the ongoing nationwide three-day blockade enforced by the BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties.

Zahedur Rahman, duty officer of Rangunia Fire Service and Civil Defence, said miscreants set a truck on fire on Chattogram-Kaptai Road in Rangunia upazila in the morning.

On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze.

Picketers in support of the blockade also put up barricade on the road by placing logs.

Meanwhile, a bus was set on fire at Bhellapara crossing in Karnaphuli area of Chattogram city at 8 am.

The second day of the blockade is underway today with incidents of violence and arson attacks.