Four held for allegedly setting fire on a bus in Mirpur

Staff Reporter :
The elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four persons for allegedly setting fire on a bus in Kalshi area of the city’s Mirpur.

The arrestees have been identified as Al Mohammad Chan, Md. Sagar, Md. Al Amin and Md. Khorshed Alam.

They have confessed to the elite force that they used to send video to local top leaders after setting fire to buses and share money.

Earlier, a team of RAB-4 conducted an operation in Mirpur area of the capital on Monday night and arrested them.

Commander Khandaker Al Moin, Director of the Legal and Media Wing of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), disclosed the information at a press conference held at its media center at Karwanbazar in the capital on Tuesday.

They are activists of an opposition political party. On the direction of local top leaders of their party, Chan planned to set fire on buses in the surrounding areas of Mirpur and Pallabi in the capital”, he said.

“RAB’s vigilance to identify and bring to book those involved in the activities of arson and sabotage by analyzing CCTV and video footage published on social media,” he said.