BNP-Jamaat’s atrocity went beyond tolerance, creating panic among the people ahead of the next general election.
The leaders and workers of BNP-Jamaat have become desperate and continued to unleash a reign of terror killing people and torching vehicles in different places of the country in a bid to foil the next poll at any cost.
When much enthusiasm and excitement are running high among people centring the upcoming national election, BNP-Jamaat and some vested quarter have become desperate and engaged their ill efforts in destabilising the peaceful situation through conducting anarchy.
In the latest, the miscreants have set fire on 18 vehicles across the country including the capital during the 48 hours hartal enforced by BNP-Jamaat since Sunday.
“The Department of Fire Service and Civil Defense have received information of fire incidents at 16 spots during last 33 hours till 9am on Monday, the second day of the two-day hartal”, said Talha Bin Jashim, officer (Media cell) at the Fire Service and Civil Defense Head Quarters in the capital Dhaka.
Of the 16 fire incidents, three incidents took place in city, one in Dhaka division, seven in Natore, Bogura and Sirajganj under Rajshahi division, four in Chattogram division and the rest one took place in Mymensingh division.
A total of nine buses, one covered van, six trucks, one CNG driven auto-rickshaw and three coaches of a train have been torched during the time.
A total of 144 fire fighters and 29 units of the fire service department were involved to disperse the fire.
Fire service sources added, the miscreants have set fire on a passenger bus of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) at 2.35pm on Monday at Mirpur section-10.
Two fire fighting units rushed to the spot immediately at to extinguish the fire, but no causalities were happened during the incident.
Fire incident took place after a cocktail explosion on a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Kazi Alauddin road in Bangabazar on Monday.
A passenger bus was also torched in front of Jatrabari police station at 9.58pm on Sunday night, a bus was torched in front of Anowar Khan Modern Hospital at Dhanmondi in the city on the same day and a truck also was torched at Tongi Mirer Bazar in Gazipur on the same night of Sunday.
In addition to this, three coaches of a intercity train was torched at Sharishabari at 1.20am on Monday (Nov 19), a truck was torched at 1.30 am in Bogura, a covered van was burnt at Lalpur in Feni at 1.40am at night , fire was set on a bus at Mohipal in Feni.
Fire incident was taken place on a bus at Bhabaniganj in Natore at 3.20am on Monday, fire set on a bus at Godhagari in Rajshahi during the night on the same day, two trucks were torched at Nandigram area in Bogura on the same day and a bus was torched at Puthia in Rajshahi during the hartal.
Even a truck was burnt at Kamarkhand in Sirajganj at 12.42am on Monday , three buses were torched at Satkania in Chattogram at 4.05 am at the same night and the miscreants also set fire on a truck at Mireshwary in Chattogram at 4.45 am during that night.
According to Fire service statistics, a total 195 vehicles including 118 buses, 26 trucks, 13 covered vans, eight motorbikes, three micro buses, three pick-up vans, three CNG run auto-rickshaws, three legunas (human haulers), two private cars, three trains, an ambulance, a nosiman (human hauler), a fire service truck and a police patrol jeep were set ablaze across the country since October 28 rally of BNP.
Five people including two fire-fighters, as well, sustained burn injuries in the fire incidents.
Besides, criminals also set fire to three carriages of the intercity Jamuna Express train near Sarishabari railway station in Jamalpur early Sunday a few hours ahead of 48-hours hartal enforced by BNP, Jamaat and like-minded parties.
Apart from these, country also witnessed terrors set fire to a commuter train standing at Tangail railway station. Two bogies of the commuter train were completely damaged in the fire.
The five compartments of the two trains were completely burnt. Besides, adjacent compartments were also partially burnt. And both the incidents took places in the early hours of Thursday and Sunday respectively.
Police arrested three persons in connection with Tangail commuter train fire. They are now being interrogated.
On the other hand, criminals set fire to a tin-shed room of a government primary school in Bormi union under Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Sunday.
Meanwhile, many reports of arson violence were recorded in different places of the country as vehicles including buses; covered van, trucks CNG-run autorickshaws, and pickup vans were torched.
It seems that vested elements continued to ‘play with fire’ as part of their blue print to foil the next general election at any cost.
The vested element comprising anti-liberation forces and killers of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in association with BNP which allows Jamaat-Shibir men are now getting angered and frustrated as they are repeatedly failing to make the government and electoral process controversial before the nation and world as well.
So, they became desperate to make the country’s next poll questionable and controversial in many ways.
These vested elements feel pain in their heart seeing the nation is set go for general election amid conspiracies hatched at home and abroad.
