Vehicles torched in Dhanmondi, Banani, Tantibazar, Gazipur

Staff Reporter  :
Vehicles have been set on fire in the capital on Wednesday as BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and other parties once again enforced a 48-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade.

A bus was torched in front of Border Guard Bangladesh headquarters in the capital’s Dhanmondi area at around 9pm on Wednesday. One has been detained promptly over the incident.

Two units from Mohammadpur Fire Station worked to douse the flames on the bus of Ramzan Paribahan.

Another bus was set on fire this evening in the Banani area. There were no reports of casualties in the incident.

Unidentified people set a bus on fire at the Tantibazar intersection in Old Dhaka.

Two firefighting units of Sadarghat Fire Station rushed to the spot around 7:33pm when the buses were set on fire, said Tanha Bin Zasim, station officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room.

On 6 November, BNP, Jamaat and like-minded parties announced a 48-hour road-rail-waterways blockade across the country beginning on 8 November.

Ahead of this round of the countrywide 48-hour blockade, a parked bus in the capital’s Malibagh area was torched on Tuesday (7 November) night
The “Bahan Paribahan” bus was set on fire around 11pm next to the Ansar Camp in Malibagh.

Two units from Khilgaon Fire Station went to the spot to douse the fire.
Another incident occured in Gazipur’s Kaliganj upazila.

The incident took place early in the morning in Galan area on the Dhaka-Bypass road.

Md Fayezur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Kaliganj Police Station, confirmed the matter to the media.

Atikur Rahman, Duty officer of Kaliganj Fire Service, said the miscreants set the covered van on fire around 5am and fled the spot. At that time, the vehicle’s driver and his helper were injured.

The covered van was heading to Gazipur through Dhaka-bypass road with goods.