Miscreants set a bus on fire near Phulbaria bus stand in the city’s Gulistan area on Sunday during the ongoing 48-hour countrywide blockade of road, rail and waterways called by the BNP and like-minded opposition parties.
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The miscreants set the bus afire around 2:52 pm, creating panic among the local people.
On information, two firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze, said duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters Rafi Al Faruk.
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However, no casualty was reported.