6 vehicles torched across the country
Staff Reporter :
Unidentified people set fire on at least six vehicles, including BRTC double-decker bus, in the capital on Monday, last day of the two-day long blockade programme called by BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and and their allies.
In Mirpur, unidentified people torched a BRTC double-decker bus, which carries Dhaka University staff, at Mirpur-10 area of the capital on Monday evening.
According to locals, the bus was set on fire under the Metro Rail station by a group of unidentified youths around 6 pm.
However, the fire was brought under control by the bus staff, using fire extinguishers.
“Receiving the information at 5:30pm, a fire engine reached the spot within couple of minutes. But the fire was controlled before we could reach,” said Ershad Hossain, Duty Officer at Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.
In Gulistan, some unidentified men set a bus of ‘Bikalpa Paribahan on fire in the capital’s Gulistan area on Monday afternoon.
The incident took place after 2.30 pm in front of Bangabandhu Square Hall Market.
Confirming the matter, Fire Service and Civil Defence control room Duty Officer Ershad Hossain said that being informed, two firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control. However, no casualties were reported in this connection.
In Gazipur, two buses were set on fire on Sunday night and early Monday in Gazipur’s Bilaspur and Safipur areas amid the 48-hour road, rail and waterway blockade enforced by the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and their allies.
A stationary bus of Nirapad Paribahan was set on fire by unidentified miscreants at Bottola of Bilaspur last night, said Rakibul Hasan, inspector of Gazipur Fire Service. On information, firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the blaze.
In another incident, miscreants torched a bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Safipur area of Kaliakair upazila on Monday morning.
When the bus reached the Safipur area, some arsonists boarded the slow moving vehicle, set fire after pouring petrol on it and ran away, said police.
In Bogura, on the second day of BNP-Jamaat’s 48-hour blockade, a water tanker was torched by some unidentified people in Bogura’s Shajahanpur upazila on Monday.
