Torching buses in Dhaka: 4 more cases filed against BNP men

Four more cases were filed against BNP leaders and activists on charge of torching buses and throwing crude and petrol bombs in different parts of the capital Dhaka on Thursday.

One each case was filed with Turagh and Airport Police Station while two cases with Uttara East Police Station on Thursday and Friday.

Around 33 people were named as accused in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act with Turag Police Station while 28 others in the case filed with Airport Police Station under the same act, according to police.

Besides, 28 people and 19 people were made accused in the two cases each filed with Uttara East Police Station on charge of setting fire to a bus in Azampur area and another one for blasting crude bombs near a polling centre during the by-polls of Dhaka-18, said Nure Alam Siddique, officer-in-charge of the police station.

So far, law enforcers claimed to have arrested around 32 people in this connection, the police official said.

Earlier on Friday, nine cases were filed with different police stations in the capital for arson attacks on as many vehicles, including two government staff buses and a BRTC double-decker bus.

Two cases were filed each at Motijheel, Shahbagh and Paltan police stations.

The rest three were filed at Bongshal, Bhatar and Kalabagn police stations, Walid Hossain, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told the media.

On Thursday, nine vehicles were torched at separate places of the capital while the by election to Dhaka-18 and Siranjganj-1 parliamentary constituencies were on going on.

All the buses were torched in different places including in Madhumita Cinema hall, Pir Yamini Market, Katabon in Shahbagh, Shahjahanpur in Khilgaon, in the Secretariate, Naya Bazar area and Coca-Cola crossing of Bhatara area.

Several units of firefighters extinguished the flames. However, no causality was reported in the incidents.