Arrested Chhatra Dal leader 'handed out Tk3,000 bonus' for setting each bus on fire: DMP
He was among 2 arrested over arson attack on bus in Mugda
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a Chhatra Dal leader and his accomplice over setting fire to a bus in the capital's Mugda during the ongoing blockade of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
Amir Hossain Rocky, 25, joint convener of Sutrapur Thana Chhatra Dal, and Shakib alias Arohan, 21, were arrested in a raid in Keraniganj on Sunday, said CTTC Chief and DMP Additional Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman at a press conference in Dhaka on Monday.
During the arrest, two bottles of petrol and a motorcycle were seized from them.
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Asaduzzaman said Rocky gave a bonus of Tk3,000 taka for setting each bus on fire.
Later, Rocky announced a double bonus for setting buses on fire in the second phase of the blockade.
According to the CTTC, on 1 November, some people boarded a passenger bus of Midline Transport and set fire to it on the Atish Dipankar Road in the capital's Mugda.
The police caught and arrested a man named Al Amin with the help of the public but others escaped.
The owner of the bus, Muhammad Dulal Hossain, filed a case over the incident with Mugda police station.
