Miscreants torch bus in Gazipur

Miscreants torched a passenger bus by pouring petrol on it at Shafipur area of Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on Dhaka-Tangail highway.

The incident took place at around 4:00am today.

Fire service men doused the fire upon getting information but most of the bus got burned by then.

Habibur Rahman, driver of the bus, said he takes workers to a factory in Kaliakair upazila’s Kalampur every day from Konabari in Gazipur city. While going to Konabari today, a group of four to five youths boarded the bus and set it on fire pouring petrol.

Habibur said he asked the youths not to board the bus since he would not take passengers. The youths rushed out of the bus after setting it on fire.

Kaliakair fire service’s station officer Md Raihan said a unit of fire service doused the fire but most of the bus got charred before the fire could be extinguished.

Officer in charge of Kaliakair police station Akbar Ali Khan said miscreants would be identified and arrested. A process to take legal action over the torching is on.