Stray incidents mark Thursday\\\'s hartal hours

FE Desk | October 31, 2014 00:00:00

An injured passenger emerged from a bus, set on fire at Shyampur in the capital on Thursday during Jamaat-e-Islami\'s nationwide shutdown, protesting the death sentence to Motiur Rahman Nizami. — Focus Bangla

Stray incidents were reported during the first phase-from 6:00 am on Thursday to 6:00 am on Friday-of Jamaat's 72-hour countrywide hartal called to protest the death sentence awarded to their chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes.

The incidents were reported until 9:30 pm before our going to press on Thursday night.

The incidents included torching of a bus in the capital while Jamaat-e-Islami activists clashed with police at Rajshahi during Thursday's hartal hours. Many Jamaat men were also arrested on the day, according to online news portals.

According to bdnews24.com, a bus was set on fire while RAB recovered eight abandoned handmade bombs in the capital.

Fire service said a parked bus at the city's Shyampur was set afire around 2.30pm.

"It was an empty bus and parked. So no one was injured. Two fire-fighting units rushed to the spot and put out the fire," Fire Service Control Room in-charge Ataur Rahman said.

On the other hand, in the city's Hazaribagh, eight handmade bombs were found in front of a house, said RAB-2 Operations Officer Maruf Ahmad.

In Rajshahi police arrested the head of Jamaat's metropolitan unit Ataur Rahman and six other activists of the party and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir from a pro-shutdown procession at Baghmara.