At least one person was killed as a fresh wave of violence hit Bangladesh, with vehicles being torched and crude bombs set off across the country overnight on Monday and Tuesday morning.
As many as eight vehicles, including buses, were set on fire at different locations, police said, adding that crude bombs also exploded at multiple locations, news agency PTI reported, citing police. No disruption was reported in train services thereafter. The protesters set off crude bombs and vandalised several vehicles, temporarily affecting traffic movement in the area, PTI reported.
Four seats in the coach were damaged, and the blaze was brought under control. Hundreds of activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations also staged a protest at the southern toll plaza of the Padma Bridge in Shariatpur district early Tuesday. To be sure, no connection has been established between the protests held by the Awami League and Chhatra League, and the overnight attacks in several parts of country.
The torching of vehicles and alleged arson attacks spurred the police to launch overnight drives, with at least 11 people arrested and six others detained, according to The Daily Star.
Meanwhile, in former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s hometown of Tungipara, a police vehicle was torched during clashes between police and activists, officials said. Apart from vehicles, a train coach of the intercity Haor Express was set on fire at Mohanganj railway station in northern Netrokona district early Tuesday, railway officials said, according to PTI. according to The Daily Star, this could not be independently verified While the police have blamed the Awami League and its affiliated organisations for the attacks.
A nationwide blockade had been called by the Chhatra League, Awami League’s student wing, on Tuesday Police have reportedly blamed activists of the Awami League, whose activities have been banned in the country, and its affiliated organisations for the violence.
