Staff Reporter :The sixth-day of nationwide blockade enforced by BNP and its allies passed off on Sunday amid arson, vandalism and clash in different parts of the country.An arson victim transport worker Murad, 20, of Jessore succumbed to his injuries in the Dhaka Medical College and Hospitals [DMCH] yesterday. He was severely burnt early Wednesday when miscreants torched the bus inside of which he was asleep. He was shifted to the DMCH as his condition deteriorated.With the death of Murad, the death toll in the ongoing blockade rose to nine. Meanwhile, a gang of miscreants set a bus afire near Sewarapara over bridge in the city at around 4 pm yesterday. In another incident, the blockade supporters set fire to a passenger bus at Dairy Gate, opposite to the main entrance of Jahangirnagar University, Savar around 6:30am, said Ashulia Thana Officer-in-Charge Mostafa Kamal. A bus of Nirapod Paribahan was got ablazed when miscreants hurled petrol bomb at it near Akash CNG Pump at Sutipra on Dhaka-Aricha highway in the small hours of Sunday.Besides, the miscreants also set fire to three goods-laden trucks in Dinajpur in the morning. Miscreants vandalized several vehicles and blasted a dozen of cocktails in Moikuli area at Rupganj upazila of the Naraynganj district. The incident took place on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at 11:30am.In Feni, the Jubo Dal supporters vandalized several vehicles during day-long shutdown. Several cocktails were also blasted at that time. The pickets put blockade with trees on the Feni-Noakhali road. They were also locked in clash with ruling party men. Police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. The miscreants set fire on the under-construction house of SP of Gazipur Harun-ar Rashid at Kishoreganj in the small hours of Sunday. They also exploded several cocktails in front of a relative’s house of SP. Later, the police rushed to the spot and rescued his relatives. In another incident, the blockaders attacked the car of ASP of Barisal Sudipta Sarkar near Rahmatpur bridge on Dhaka-Barisal highway. Driver of the car constable Mohsin was injured in brick bating.Sources in the police headquarters said at least 250 people, including 86 policemen, have so far been injured in blockade-related clash in the last six days.
