Opposition warns against sabotage of peaceful movement

A passenger bus set on fire in capital Dhaka on Thursday, the last day of the blockade called by the BNP-led opposition. UNB

Dhaka, Nov 2 -Miscreants set four vehicles on fire in different parts of Dhaka city and Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj today, on the last day of the three-day blockade enforced by BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and their allies.

Witnesses said, miscreants set a bus of ‘Poristhan Paribahan’ on fire in Uttara’s Azampur area in Dhaka at 7:04 am. 

Meanwhile, a group of miscreants set a private car on fire in Dhaka Education Board area at 4:45 am.

A bus of ‘Moumita Paribahan’ was set on fire at 4:41 am in front of Mohammadpur Beribadh Dhaka Uddyan Housing Project.

Miscreants also set a cotton-carrying truck on fire at 6:40 am at Kanchan Road in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district. 

The second day of the three-day blockade was marked by clashes, vandalism and torching of vehicles in Dhaka and elsewhere on Wednesday. 

Law enforcers detained more than 100 leaders and activists of BNP and other opposition parties across the country on the second day of the road, rail and waterways blockade.

Meanwhile, the Ganatantra Manch, a component of the BNP-led opposition in a statement issued on Wednesday urged the people to remain caution against sabotage of their peaceful democratic movement by the ruling party and some elements of the government.

The left alliance said they found proofs of deliberate creation of trouble in the October 28 grand rally of the opposition in Nayapaltan, Bijoynagar and Paltan areas by members of the ruling party and law enforcing agencies to foil the big grand rally. The statement said that this was intended to stop the movement to go ahead with the government's plan to hold another stage-managed farcical election in the country to prolong their stay in power. - UNB