UNB, Dhaka :The 24-hour hartal in the capital city alongside a daylong one in Dhaka and its eight other nearby districts, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance protesting the filing of ‘false cases’ against Khaleda Zia and the arrest of its leaders and activists, was marked by stray incidents of violence on Thursday.Miscreants torched a double-decker bus of Dhaka University at Chankharpool in the capital around 2:40pm On information, fire fighters rushed in and doused the blaze.However, no one was injured in the arson attack.Eight hawkers sustained splinter injuries as pickets blasted several crude bombs in front of New Market the capital in the afternoon. They injured were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.The shutdown programme that began at 6:00 am on Thursday, alongside the countrywide indefinite transport blockade, sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, will end at 6:00am on Friday in Dhaka city.The eight other districts are Gazipur, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Tangail, Kishoreganj, Narsingdi and Mymensingh.A large number of law enforcers remained deployed in different parts of the district to fend off any trouble.Meanwhile, sporadic incidents of crude bomb blasts and vandalism were reported from different parts of the country during the countryside transport blockade.In Jessore, miscreants hurled several crude bombs at the houses and business establishments of five BNP leaders, including former minister and BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam, in the district town around 1:30am on Wednesday.Besides, a parked bus was torched at Kismat Noyapara in the outskirt of the town around 12:30am on Wednesday.In Khulna, police arrested 40 leaders and activists of BNP-led alliance from different areas of the city yesterday.In Sylhet, activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) allegedly vandalised a truck and two CNG-run auto-rickshaws in the city’s Kumarpara area around 3pm during the dawn-to-dusk hartal in Sylhet division, enforced by the local unit BNP protesting the filing of cases against its chairperson Khaleda Zia.
