Miscreants set fire to a bus at Alam Nagar Housing area on the Dhaka Aricha highway in Savar on Saturday.
The incident happened around 9:30 pm on Saturday.
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Dipak Chadra Saha, officer-in-charge of Savar Model Policec Station confirmed the matter.
On the way to Dhaka, some miscreants got up from Hemayetpur on the Moumita Paribahan bus and sat in the back. A few minutes later, they set fire to the bus and fled the scene.
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The locals tried to douse the fire. The fire brigade rushed to the spot and doused the fire. But by then, the bus was fully burned.
“We are trying to contact the owner of the bus and an operation is underway to arrest the culprits,” OC Dipak said.
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