An unidentified passenger has been burnt alive in a bus torched at Khilgaon in a pre-hartal violence, police said.
Khilgaon police station officer in charge Sheikh Shirajul Islam said that the bus was set on fire in front of Khidmah Hospital around 1;45pm on Saturday. The victim was aged around 40 years.
Three other buses were also set alight between 1:30pm and 3:00pm at Gulistan intersection, in front of Azimpur's Eden Womens' College and Abdullahpur near Uttara.
The fire at the bus at Gulistan was doused by passers-by, while, the other two were put-off by fire service personnel, fire service control room official Shahzadi Sultana told bdnews24.com.
"We could not immediately find out who set the fires or how they were set," she added.
Khilgaon police station officer in charge Sheikh Shirajul Islam said that the bus was set on fire in front of Khidmah Hospital around 1;45pm on Saturday. The victim was aged around 40 years.
Three other buses were also set alight between 1:30pm and 3:00pm at Gulistan intersection, in front of Azimpur's Eden Womens' College and Abdullahpur near Uttara.
The fire at the bus at Gulistan was doused by passers-by, while, the other two were put-off by fire service personnel, fire service control room official Shahzadi Sultana told bdnews24.com.
"We could not immediately find out who set the fires or how they were set," she added.
