Two passenger buses torched in city

Staff Reporter :
Unidentified miscreants set fire on two running buses in Dhaka’s Gulistan on the first day of the BNP’s latest nationwide transport blockade as part of its ongoing anti-government movement.

A passenger bus namely Bahon Paribahan was set on fire near the Bhasani Stadium of Gulistan on Tuesday morning.

Lima Khanam, Duty Officer at Fire Service and Civil Defence told the media that the bus was torched around 10 am.

On information, two units from Siddique Bazar Fire Station rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze, she said.

Meanwhile, arsonists set another bus on fire near a police box underneath the Hanif Flyover on Tuesday afternoon.

Two firefighting units from the Siddique Bazar station subsequently doused the flames.

No casualties were reported in either of the incidents, according to the fire service.

Earlier, two buses were also torched between 8:30pm and 9:45pm in city on Monday night ahead of the blockade.

The 36-hour blockade enforced from Tuesday, and the day, marks the BNP’s eleventh round of blockades, scheduled to conclude at 6:00 pm today.