Bus set on fire while parked in Gazipur
Photo: Agamir Somoy
Miscreants set fire to a bus parked beside a road in Gazipur Sadar Upazila. The incident occurred at Shyamoli Mor in the Hotapara Monipur area around 4:45 am on Tuesday. No casualties have been reported.
Muhammad Abul Sayem Masum, senior station officer at Rajendrapur Modern Fire Station, confirmed the incident.
Citing local residents, he said the bus was used to transport factory workers. Someone set fire to the bus while it was parked beside the road early Tuesday morning. After receiving the information, two units of the Fire Service rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control.
Local residents claimed that leaders and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) set fire to the bus and fled the scene quickly.
Al Mamun, officer-in-charge (OC) of Joydebpur Police Station, said a bus parked beside a road caught fire early Tuesday. The initial suspicion is that unidentified miscreants may have been involved in the incident. Police are collecting information from local residents. Legal action will be taken over the incident.
