Blockaders set 3 motorcycles on fire on Dhaka-Bogura highway
Chase and counter chase ensued and some improvised explosive devices, known colloquially as cocktails, were detonated.
Blockaders set three motorcycles on fire in the Banani bypass area of the Dhaka-Bogura highway at around 10:30am Tuesday (31 October) morning – the first day of the three-day blockade called by the BNP, its eight allies and Jamaat-e-Islami.
A long tailback had formed on the highway just after crossing Bogura town.
The tailback stemmed from blockaders occupying a portion of the highway.
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At one point, AL men – led by Acting President of Shajahanpur Upazila Awami League Shohrab Hossain Channu – reached one end of the highway and began to engage in skirmishes with the blockaders.
Chase and counter chase ensued and some improvised explosive devices, known colloquially as cocktails, were detonated.
The protestors then set on fire three motorcycles left by the AL men.
Later, police dispersed the protesters.
Additional Superintendent of Police of Bogra District Police, Abdur Rashid, who was present at the scene, said those involved will be arrested.
After police dispersed the protestors, traffic began to flow once again.
