BANGLADESH NEWS
At least eight vehicles were torched in the capital and in Savar until Wednesday evening after 33 leaders and activists of BNP-led 18-party alliance were sent to jail in connection with an arson case.
Police meanwhile arrested five people on charge of torching a bus in the capital’s Shantibagh area in the evening.
Seven buses and a taxi cab were set on fire in different parts of the capital including Karwan Bazar, AGB Colony in Motijheel, Panthapath, Mirpur, Shantibagh and Gopibagh while the report was filed at 8:15pm.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman, in-charge of Media and Community Service of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrest of five people in connection with setting fire to a bus at Shantibagh.
In Savar, unidentified miscreants set fire to a bus in front of the National Memorial around 6:30pm and vandalised several others.
Earlier around 1:45pm, a Dhaka court sent 33 leaders and activists of 18-party alliance to jail rejecting their bail petition in an arson case filed for torching a vehicle near the Prime Minister's Office during hartal on April 29.
At least 10 people including pro-BNP lawyers and 18-party leaders and activists sustained injuries as they clashed with the law enforcers in and around the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Dhaka to protest the court order.
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