A bus of “Bikalpa Auto Service” was set on fire by miscreants in Dhaka’s Gulistan area Monday, during the second day of the ongoing 48-hour countrywide blockade called by the BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties.
Fire Service sources said that miscreants set the bus on fire at 2:05pm in front of Bangabandhu Square Hall Market, and immediately fled the scene.
On information, two firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze with the help of bystanders and locals.
According to sources at Fire Service headquarters, a total of 21 arson incidents were reported across Bangladesh from 4am on Sunday to 6pm on Monday.
Of these, 12 arson attacks were reported in Dhaka City Corporation areas, said Talha Bin Jasim, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense media cell on Monday.
The fire official said a total of 16 incidents of arson were reported in Dhaka division, and four in Chattogram division.
A total of 16 buses, two trucks, one private car, one CNG-run autorickshaw, and one human hauler were torched during this period.
Forty-one units from the Fire Service and Civil Defence, along with 242 firefighters, were engaged to extinguish the blazes, added the fire officer.
