Three buses torched in Dhaka during shutdown

Three buses have come under arson attacks in Dhaka city during a general strike called by the BNP-led 20-Party Alliance.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 29 Jan 2015, 05:49 PM
Updated : 29 Jan 2015, 07:14 PM

No casualty was reported in the burning of the buses in the Dhaka University area, Mirpur and Postogola on Thursday.

Fire Service Inspector Saidul Alam Chowdhury from the control room said a double-decker was torched in front of the Shahidullah Hall of Dhaka University in the afternoon.

In Mirpur Section-1, a Prajapati Paribahan bus was set on fire around 8:30pm, he said.

The last incident of arson occurred at Postogola around 9:30pm, according to the Fire Service inspector.