Miscreants set three stationary buses on fire on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Kotbari Biswa Road in Cumilla district early Thursday ahead of BNP’s daylong hartal.
Alamgir Hossain Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Sadar Dakkhin Police Station, said three buses of ‘Tisha Paribahan’ were kept on the highway in front of Irish Hill Restaurant.
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Miscreants set fire to the three buses around 3 am and fled the scene.
On information, fire service men rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze .
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Police are trying to identify the arsonists, said the OC.