Between October 28 and November 20, 197 cars were set on fire nationally as part of hartals and blockades enforced by BNP-Jamaat and its affiliated political organizations, reports BSS.
“The Fire Service and Civil Defence were informed about arson attacks on 197 vehicles and installations that took place across the country in the last 24 days. Of the total attacks, 132 occurred in Dhaka division, including 95 in the capital city,” said a press release here today.
In addition, the press statement stated that there were 22 arson occurrences in the Chattogram division, 24 in Rajshahi, seven in each of the Barishal and Rangpur divisions, two in Khulna, two in Mymensingh, and one in the Sylhet division.
According to statistics from the fire department, two firefighters and five other people were assaulted while performing their jobs.
During the period, a total of 118 buses, three microbuses, two private cars, eight motorcycles, 26 trucks, 13 covered vans, one ambulance, two trains, three human haulers, three pickup vans, three CNG-run auto-rickshaws, a vehicle of fire service and a police car were set on fire during the period.
Apart from these, five BNP offices, one Awami League office, one police box, one councilor’s office, two electricity offices, one bus counter, and two showrooms were burned during the period.
