Miscreants reportedly set a bus and two trucks on fire Karnaphuli and Rangunia areas of Chattogram on Wednesday , on the second day of the three-day nationwide blockade enforced by the BNP.
They put barricades on the road in Chandraghona-Lichubagan Chowdhury Gotta area of the upazila's Chandraghna-Kadamtali union of Rangunia upazila by felling trees and set fire to two empty trucks that were stuck there.
Kamruzzaman Sumon, officer of the Rangunia station of the fire service, said being informed fire fighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire. Traffic normalised in about two hours after the trees were removed from the road.
Officer-in-Charge of Rangunia police station Chandan Kumar Chakraborty said no one, however, was found on the spot in the incident. Preparations are underway to file a case at the police station."
Meanwhile, a bus was set on fire in the Vellapara Bridge area of Karnaphuli police station in the city on Wednesday morning.