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Five vehicles were set on fire in Dhaka city, three in the Rajshahi Division, two in the Chattogram Division and one in the Mymensingh Division
Published : 19 Nov 2023, 10:51 AM
The fire service says 11 vehicles have been set ablaze the night before the 48-hour nationwide hartal called by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
The vehicles were torched between 6 pm on Saturday and 9 am on Sunday, according to Talha Bin Jashim, an official at the Fire Service Control Room.
Five vehicles were set on fire in Dhaka city, three in the Rajshahi Division, two in the Chattogram Division and one in the Mymensingh Division.
The three incidents in Rajshahi were in Natore, Bogura, and Joypurhat. The two in Chattogram were in Feni and Cumilla. The one in Mymensingh was in Jamalpur.
Six buses, a covered van, a truck, an autorickshaw, a pickup truck, and a train were among the vandalised vehicles.
Twenty units of fire service personnel, including 107 firefighters, tamed the fires, Jashim said.
