Blockade day 2: Bus torched in Badda, 2 arrested on suspicion of arson in Moghbazar
The BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and other parties once again enforced a 48-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade on 8-9 November to mount pressure on the government to quit and hold the next general elections under a non-partisan administration.
A public bus has been torched in the capital's Badda area today (9 November) amid the ongoing blockade called by BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and other allied parties.
The bus of Raida Paribahan was set on fire around 2:20pm in Bastola area in Shahjadpur of Dhaka's Badda.
Two units of fire service are working to control the fire, confirmed Fire Service Station Officer Talha Bin Jasim.
Meanwhile, two BNP leaders were arrested from Moghbazar area of Dhaka with bottles of petrol, gas lighter and scraps of clothes while they were trying to set a car on fire, confirmed Arif Rain, assistant commissioner of Tejgaon Industrial Zone police.
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The BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and other parties once again enforced a 48-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade on Wednesday (8 November) and Thursday (9 November) to mount pressure on the government to quit and hold the next general elections under a non-partisan administration.
The arrested have been identified as Ebadul Byapari, 37, who is the joint convenor of Hatirjheel unit of Swechchhasebak Dal and Sabuj Mia, 27, who is a member of Hatirjheel unit of Swechchhasebak Dal.
