Train torched in Mymensingh, police station bombed in Rajshahi, Bangladesh

A compartment of a train is engulfed in flames
as pro-hartal activists set fire to it at
Mymensingh railway station on Tuesday evening.
Photo: STAR

Pro-hartal activists set fire to a train at Mymensingh and hurled a crude bomb at a police station in Rajshahi on Tuesday evening.

Officials said a compartment was burnt down after a gang of seven to eight criminals torched a train at Mymensingh railway station around 7:30pm, reports our Mymensingh correspondent.

However, now injuries were reported from the arson, a railway official told The Daily Star.

In Rajshahi, constable Firoz Ahmed was injured as criminals hurled a cocktail at Boalia Police Station around 8:25pm.

The injured was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

He is out of danger, report our Rajshahi correspondent quoting doctors.

Immediately after the incident, Md Moniruzzaman, commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP), visited the spot and blamed Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists for the attack.

The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance has called for a 36-hour countrywide hartal from Wednesday morning demanding release of their leaders and activists.

Jamaat is a key component of the alliance.

Courtesy: The Daily Star