The Crime Desk: On the first day of the 48-hour blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, nine vehicles were set on fire at different places in the country, including Dhaka.
These incidents took place in different parts of the country on Wednesday (December 6) from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Jatrabari
At around 9 p.m., a passenger bus was set on fire by petrol bombs thrown by the besiegers at the Matuail Jatrabari police station in the capital. A passenger named Hasan (26) was burned in this incident.
Dagdha Hasan said that as soon as the car in which I was in arrived at the Matuail bus stand, some young men threw petrol in a polythene from behind the car window and set it on fire. Other passengers immediately got down, but I got burns on my legs and hands as I delayed getting down from the car. After informing one of my relatives, he came to the spot and took me to the hospital.
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A bus carrying passengers from Boishakhi Paribahan was set on fire at North Badda in the capital around 7:54 p.m. A passenger on the bus said that the bus was going to New Bazaar from Gabtali. I was sitting in the second seat, facing the front of the bus. After reaching North Badda, the passengers from behind started rushing. Instantly, I saw fire burning from the back side of the bus, and smoke spread throughout the bus.
Maniknagar
In the afternoon, miscreants set fire to three buses of the Ekushey Express at the Maniknagar intersection of Jatrabari in the capital. On receiving the information, three units of fire service went to the spot and brought the fire under control.
Rozina Akhter, the duty officer of the fire service headquarters, said that around 5:15 in the afternoon, there was a report that someone set fire to a bus of Ekushey Express Paribahan in the Maniknagar intersection area. The first unit arrived at the scene 5.2 minutes later. But on reaching the spot, it is found that not one but three buses of the same transport have been set on fire. Two buses were completely gutted and one partially damaged in the fire.
Gazipur
Miscreants set fire to a moving covered van in the Barapushia area of Kapasia-Kaliganj Road around 10:30 a.m.
The driver of the covered van. Suman told the media that while he was going to the Ghorashal Pran factory from Rajendrapur in Gazipur with an empty covered van, when he came to the Barapushia area, six miscreants with three motorcycles came and blocked the road with tree trunks. He then broke the front glass with a brick, set it on fire with petrol, and left towards the west.
Kapasia Thana Police Inspector (Investigation) Azizur Rahman told the media that the fire was put out after an hour of efforts by local residents, police, and the Kapasia Fire Service. Efforts are being made to bring those involved in the incident to justice.
Sylhet
Miscreants set fire to a bus standing in the bus terminal area of Sylhet. The bus was completely gutted by the fire. The incident took place in the Kadmatoli area of South Surma of the city around 8:30 p.m.
Javed Mia, the driver of the Khawaja Enterprise bus, said, I and my staff went to have tea after leaving the bus parked on the road in front of Jamuna Market in the terminal area. Suddenly, some youths came on motorcycles, set fire to our bus, and escaped. After this incident, the fire service was informed, and they came to the spot after about 40 minutes. Before that, the bus was completely burned, the driver said.
Sirajganj
Miscreants set fire to a covered van carrying broiler chickens on the highway of Shahjadpur in Sirajganj. At this time, the miscreants also beat the driver.
The incident took place in the Tetiyarkanda area of the Bogra-Nagarbari highway around 9:30 p.m. Additional Superintendent of Police (Shahzadpur Circle), Md. Kamruzzaman, told the media.
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Miscreants set fire to a bus in the Baripara area of Ashulia. At that time, five seats at the back of the bus were burned. However, there were no casualties.
On Wednesday (December 6) at around 10:30 a.m., a bus of Itishah Transport was set on fire at the Baripara bus stand area of Ashulia on the Nabinagar-Chandra highway.
According to the police, a bus from Itihasa Paribahan left Chandra and left for Dhaka in the morning. When the bus reached the Baripara area of Nabinagar Chandra Highway around 10:30 am, miscreants boarded the bus at the passenger base and set fire to it. At that time, the locals quickly extinguished the fire on the bus. As a result, the bus was not damaged, but five seats were burned.
