Bus set ablaze in dead of night in Chattogram

Assailants have torched a bus in Chattogram on the eve of the verdict in a crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.  

Police and the Fire Service said a city service bus parked on the side of the road in Patenga Kathgarh area was set on fire early on Monday night.

Patenga Police Station OC Kazi Muhammad Sultan Ahsan Uddin told bdnews24.com that the bus was parked beside the road in Kathgarh Bazar. Two young men riding a motorcycle set the bus on fire and fled around 1:30am.

Since there was no passenger or workers on the bus, no casualties took place, the OC said.

The Chattogram Divisional Control Room of the Fire Service and Civil Defence reported that one of their vehicles went to put out the fire after it was reported. The fire damage to the bus is estimated at Tk 150,000.