Miscreants set the local BNP office on fire at Boikali in Khulna city on Sunday during the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
Quoting local people, Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Khalishpur Police Station, said that on information, police went to the spot and helped local fire fighting units to douse the fire.
Witnesses said, a group of 50-60 people set the office of ward 14 BNP unit on fire.
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Furniture and documents in the office were gutted in the fire.
The miscreants also vandalised some shops in the area.
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Shafiqul Alam Mona, convener of Khulna district unit BNP, claimed that Awami League men set the BNP office on fire.