The workers were constructing a toilet at a school next to the temple in Faridpur’s Madhukhali Upazila
Bus torched in Gazipur by ‘gunpowder’
A bus has been set on fire in Sreepur of Gazipur using ‘gun powder’.
Published : 2 March 2015, 11:15 AM
Updated : 2 March 2015, 11:15 AM
Sreepur Fire Service Station Officer Tasarraf Hossain said the bus was set ablaze near the Barmi Bazar on Monday noon.
Soon after, fire service officials reached the spot and brought the fire under control, he said.
“Miscreants sprinkled gun powder and set fire to a Barmi bound bus," said Tasaraff." The interior of the bus was burnt completely. A few passengers were hurt when they tried to scamper off the bus in a hurry.”
The injured have been taken to the local health complex.
They could not be identified immediately.
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