Four buses were set on fire within two and a half hours in Dhaka’s Elephant Road, New Market, Gulistan and Sayedabad areas on Saturday evening.

According to station officer of Fire Service Talha Bin Zasim,  a passenger bus of Mirpur Link Paribahan was torched in front of Gawsia Market in the capital around 7:30pm.

Another bus owned by Green University was set on fire around 7:43pm outside the Multiplan Center in the Elephant Road area. And the third bus was torched under the flyover near Janapath intersection of Sayedabad around 7:55pm.

The last incident of setting fire to the bus took place at 10 pm in the capital's Gulistan. 

Duty officer Rakibul Hasan from the fire service headquarters confirmed the matter.

He said that a Manzil Paribahan bus was set fire in front of Gulistan Patal Market.

Later, two units from the fire service rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.

BDST: 0743 HRS, NOV 05, 2023
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