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10 vehicles torched, about 300 held
Serial blasts and arson attacks on vehicles left two people dead and scores of others injured in the capital city of Dhaka and Sylhet Sunday, in a latest spell of outbreaks in the political arena.
In the capital, a youth was killed and another received severe burn injuries in a cocktail explosion in Motijheel commercial area at about 9:30 am, police and witnesses said.
In Sylhet, a bus passenger was burnt to death as agitated opposition activists set the bus on fire in protest against police action on party leaders and activists as they were gathering to hold a reception to honour freedom fighters in the capital.
BNP claimed that law enforcers arrested over 300 of their party activists from different parts of the capital.
However, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman said police picked up a total of 249 persons from different parts of the capital “for their involvement in bomb explosion and vandalism”.
Police and hospital sources in the city said a driving licence was found inside the pocket of the deceased, identified as Arifuzzaman Arif 25, son of Joynal Abedin of Bhedarganj of Shariatpur. He was a resident of Uttar Goran in the city.
Police claimed the victim himself was carrying the bomb which accidentally went off. His body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Motijheel Police Station Tofazzal Hossain said: “Four youths were clambering over a barbed-wire fence placed on a road divider just in front of Hotel Ghoroa adjacent to Motijheel Shapla crossing.”
“As one of them slipped off the fence, the bomb he was carrying went off,” he said.
Sounds of three blasts rocked the area, shopkeepers said. The injured in the blast was identified as Jahangir Alam who is now undergoing treatment at DMCH.
At least nine motor vehicles, including a police pick-up van, were torched and a number of cocktails exploded by unidentified miscreants in different parts of the capital.
Two of the vehicles, including the police van, were set on fire at Shantinagar while a third one was set ablaze near Shilpa Bhaban in Motijheel commercial area.
Another bus was burst at Karwanbazar, close to the office of ATN News, at 10:20 am.
At Madhya Badda, unidentified miscreants set ablaze a passenger bus at about 2:00 pm while a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was burnt at about 12:00 noon at Gulistan.
A police van was torched in front of Rajarbag Police Lines in the morning while another one was put on fire in Shahbagh area in front of Birdem Hospital at around 6:45 pm.
At about 1:50 pm, unidentified miscreants exploded two cocktails in front of Jatiya Press Club creating panic among the pedestrians and people nearby. But none was hurt in the incident.
Soon, police reached the spot and cordoned the area suspending movement of vehicles for a while.
Three cocktails were exploded consecutively in Paribag area at around 11:07am.
Police blamed BNP-Jamaat activists for the blasts and arson attacks on vehicles.
Earlier police used batons to disperse the gathering organised by BNP to honour freedom fighters in the city’s Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).
The BNP supporters and freedom fighters from across the country gathered at the auditorium of the IEB around 8:00am to attend the progrmme.
Police swooped on them and arrested some BNP supporters. Shahbagh Police Station OC Rezaul Karim said police had to swing into action as BNP supporters were trying to block the busy road in front of IEB.
Meanwhile, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked in a clash with law enforcers in front of Government Titumir College at Mohakhali at about 2:30 pm leaving several people injured.
The unruly JCD activists also vandalized at least three vehicles.
During the clash, police arrested two JCD activists. Police opened blank fire to bring the situation under control, police said.
Our Sylhet correspondent reports: A bus passenger was burnt to death and at least 30 people were injured on Sunday as BNP activists set fire to two vehicles protesting the police action on BNP men in Dhaka.
BNP supporters also damaged at least 30 vehicles in different parts of the city.
Dakkhin Surma Police Station Office-in-charge Iqbal Hayat said a Sylhet-bound bus from Habiganj ‘Habiganj Express’ came under attack at Chandipul near Bodikuna Jam-e-mosque of Dakshin Surma around 11:00am.
Rezaul Karim, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said at least 30 people received injuries.
On information, law enforcers rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. SMP Commissioner Amulya Bhusan Barua said police picked up 15 BNP activists from the spot.
Rab-9 Media Officer Squadron Leader Fajle Shahin told daily sun that a special team of the elite force “has been assigned to arrest those involved in vandalism”.
Panic gripped the city-dwellers following the sudden eruption that also disrupted traffic movement on different thoroughfares.
Security has been beefed up across the city following the violence.
Sylhet district and city units of Awami League brought out a rally in the city in the afternoon to protest the violent incidents.Source : Daily Sun
(Top) Agitated opposition activists torch a police vehicle in Rajarbagh area after a clash with law enforcers. (Bottom) A near-burnt passenger (circled) tries to get off a bus after it was set afire by protesters in Sylhet metropolis. sun photo
In the capital, a youth was killed and another received severe burn injuries in a cocktail explosion in Motijheel commercial area at about 9:30 am, police and witnesses said.
In Sylhet, a bus passenger was burnt to death as agitated opposition activists set the bus on fire in protest against police action on party leaders and activists as they were gathering to hold a reception to honour freedom fighters in the capital.
BNP claimed that law enforcers arrested over 300 of their party activists from different parts of the capital.
However, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman said police picked up a total of 249 persons from different parts of the capital “for their involvement in bomb explosion and vandalism”.
Police and hospital sources in the city said a driving licence was found inside the pocket of the deceased, identified as Arifuzzaman Arif 25, son of Joynal Abedin of Bhedarganj of Shariatpur. He was a resident of Uttar Goran in the city.
Police claimed the victim himself was carrying the bomb which accidentally went off. His body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Motijheel Police Station Tofazzal Hossain said: “Four youths were clambering over a barbed-wire fence placed on a road divider just in front of Hotel Ghoroa adjacent to Motijheel Shapla crossing.”
“As one of them slipped off the fence, the bomb he was carrying went off,” he said.
Sounds of three blasts rocked the area, shopkeepers said. The injured in the blast was identified as Jahangir Alam who is now undergoing treatment at DMCH.
At least nine motor vehicles, including a police pick-up van, were torched and a number of cocktails exploded by unidentified miscreants in different parts of the capital.
Two of the vehicles, including the police van, were set on fire at Shantinagar while a third one was set ablaze near Shilpa Bhaban in Motijheel commercial area.
Another bus was burst at Karwanbazar, close to the office of ATN News, at 10:20 am.
At Madhya Badda, unidentified miscreants set ablaze a passenger bus at about 2:00 pm while a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was burnt at about 12:00 noon at Gulistan.
A police van was torched in front of Rajarbag Police Lines in the morning while another one was put on fire in Shahbagh area in front of Birdem Hospital at around 6:45 pm.
At about 1:50 pm, unidentified miscreants exploded two cocktails in front of Jatiya Press Club creating panic among the pedestrians and people nearby. But none was hurt in the incident.
Soon, police reached the spot and cordoned the area suspending movement of vehicles for a while.
Three cocktails were exploded consecutively in Paribag area at around 11:07am.
Police blamed BNP-Jamaat activists for the blasts and arson attacks on vehicles.
Earlier police used batons to disperse the gathering organised by BNP to honour freedom fighters in the city’s Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).
The BNP supporters and freedom fighters from across the country gathered at the auditorium of the IEB around 8:00am to attend the progrmme.
Police swooped on them and arrested some BNP supporters. Shahbagh Police Station OC Rezaul Karim said police had to swing into action as BNP supporters were trying to block the busy road in front of IEB.
Meanwhile, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked in a clash with law enforcers in front of Government Titumir College at Mohakhali at about 2:30 pm leaving several people injured.
The unruly JCD activists also vandalized at least three vehicles.
During the clash, police arrested two JCD activists. Police opened blank fire to bring the situation under control, police said.
Our Sylhet correspondent reports: A bus passenger was burnt to death and at least 30 people were injured on Sunday as BNP activists set fire to two vehicles protesting the police action on BNP men in Dhaka.
BNP supporters also damaged at least 30 vehicles in different parts of the city.
Dakkhin Surma Police Station Office-in-charge Iqbal Hayat said a Sylhet-bound bus from Habiganj ‘Habiganj Express’ came under attack at Chandipul near Bodikuna Jam-e-mosque of Dakshin Surma around 11:00am.
Rezaul Karim, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said at least 30 people received injuries.
On information, law enforcers rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. SMP Commissioner Amulya Bhusan Barua said police picked up 15 BNP activists from the spot.
Rab-9 Media Officer Squadron Leader Fajle Shahin told daily sun that a special team of the elite force “has been assigned to arrest those involved in vandalism”.
Panic gripped the city-dwellers following the sudden eruption that also disrupted traffic movement on different thoroughfares.
Security has been beefed up across the city following the violence.
Sylhet district and city units of Awami League brought out a rally in the city in the afternoon to protest the violent incidents.Source : Daily Sun
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