Staff Reporter :The 5th day of nationwide hartal along with ongoing blockade of BNP led opposition alliance ended amid arson attacks and vandalism across the country on Thursday.The vehicular movement was very poor in city while the plying of long distance inter-district transports was virtually off the highways. But the movement of trains and water vessels was almost normal amid schedule collapse. At least 11 vehicles were torched by the hartal and blockade supporters across the country. The miscreants also vandalized over 45 vehicles in the city and several districts during the hartal.Around 24 people were reportedly injured, including 21 burnt injuries, police, doctors and local sources said.The fresh program of hartal began from 6:00am Sunday and is schedule to continue till 6:00am Friday. In the capital, at least three persons, including a bus helper, received burn injuries when miscreants hurled three crude bombs at a passenger bus of Alif Paribahan in Banashree area around 7:30pm. They were admitted to the Dhaka medical College Hospital (DMCH) immediately.Another crude bomb were hurled in front of Physical Exercise Center of Dhaka University around 6:00pm.In Savar, a petrol bomb was hurled by miscreants at a bus at 9:30 pm injuring at least ten passengers.Meanwhile, Police recovered at least three cocktails from the Jaganntah University premises in the afternoon.Two cocktails were exploded inside the city under pass at Kawranbazar around 9:30pm.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered five crude bombs from Shahjadpur area at around 1:30pm.A rickshaw-puller received burn injured when miscreants hurled four cocktails at his rickshaw at Shahid Farooq Road in Jatrabari at noon. He was sent to the DMCH Burn Unit immediately.Meanwhile, police shot a picket when he was hurling petrol bomb at a bus in Jatrabari intersection in the morning. The injured man was undergoing treatment at DMCH under police custody. Miscreants exploded five cocktails in font of Judge Court area around 9:45am. At least three persons received burn injured when miscreants hurled four cocktails near Natunbazar intersection in the morning. They were sent to the DMCH Burn Unit immediately.In Gopibagh, miscreants set an auto-rickshaw an fire in Gopibagh in the afternoon.At least three persons received burn injured when miscreants hurled four cocktails beside Abhani plaground in the afternoon. They were sent to the DMCH Burn Unit immediately.Meanwhile, another three other persons received burn injures when miscreants hurled cocktails in front of Star Kabab in Dhanmondi area at around 9:30pm. They were also sent to the DMCH Burn Unit immediately.A bus was also torched in front of Judge Court area at around 7:30pm. In Moulvibazar, at least four passengers were burnt when a Dhaka-bound bus came under arson attack in Basherbazar area of the Barolekha upazila in the morning. The victims were taken to Borolekha Upazila Health Complex.In Narsingdi, at least two persons, including the driver of a truck received burn injuries when miscreants hurled two petrol bombs at the truck in the afternoon. The injured driver was admitted to a local hospital instantly.In Chittagong, at least two cocktail were exploded in front of Chittagong Customs House at around 3:00pm.At least six crude bombs were recovered from the Shheed Sharawardi Hall of Chittagong University in the morning. At RU, at least six crude bombs were exploded in front second Science building in the morning.In Sylhet, miscreants hurled cocktails at a filling station in Sylhet city in the evening.In Gaibandha, at least two cocktail were exploded at Sadullapur upazila in the district. In Feni, pickets exploded at least 15 cocktails and torched a truck and vandalized nine auto-rickshaws on Trunk Road and Takia Bazaar in the district town at around 9:00am. In Bogra, at least three goods-laden trucks and a CNG-run auto rickshaw were vandalized at Arulia area in the district in the morning.In Habiganj, hartal supporters vandalsed a truck and a private car on the Kamrapur-Nasratpur bypass road in Poddar Bari area at noon.Meanwhile hartal supporters vandalized two vehicles and blasted cocktails in Vandaria in Pirojpur district.
