Pickup van carrying bananas set on fire after ‘Joy Bangla’ slogans
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A moving pickup van carrying bananas was set on fire in Bagerhat after a group of miscreants allegedly chanted “Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu” and fled the scene, according to the driver.
The incident occurred at around 9:40pm on Monday (November 9) near Bagerhat Sea Food alongside the Khulna-Bagerhat-Barishal Highway in the Maniktala area of Rakhalgachhi Union under Bagerhat Sadar Upazila.
According to police and eyewitnesses, four to five young men riding motorcycles intercepted the banana-laden pickup van while it was travelling along the highway at night. They then set fire to one of its tires and quickly fled the scene while chanting various slogans.
The pickup van driver said four to five unidentified young men arrived on motorcycles and approached his vehicle. They chanted “Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu” and set fire to one of the pickup’s tires. Hearing his cries for help, the miscreants quickly fled. He later extinguished the fire himself. The driver is a resident of the Signboard area in Bagerhat.
Bagerhat Sadar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Shamsul Arefin said a pickup van carrying bananas had its tire set on fire in the Maniktala area. After receiving the information, police visited the scene.
He added that police were working to identify those involved in the incident and that steps would be taken to bring them under the law.
