Miscreants set a covered van on fire on Sylhet-Zakiganj road at Maizbhag in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet district early Wednesday.
Quoting the driver of the covered van, Md Alamgir, police said that six masked people on motorbikes intercepted the covered van around 12:15am while heading towards Lalabazar from Shahgoli in Zakiganj upazila.
They drove out the driver and his helper from the van and set it on fire.
Arsonists set the covered van on fire during the countrywide 36-hour blockade enforced by BNP and like-minded parties.
On information, a firefighting unit arrived at the spot extinguished the blaze.
Sumon Chandra Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Model Police Station, said police are trying to arrest the arsonists.
