Bus torched in Dhaka, nine cocktails explode in Manikganj; two held in Adabor with petrol bombs

Cocktail explosions and bus arson were reported at night in Dhaka and other parts of the country. On the same night, the Special Response Battalion (SRB)-2 arrested two members of the banned Chhatra League in Adabor with petrol bombs and gunpowder.

In Pallabi in the capital, miscreants set fire to a bus. The incident took place around 9 pm in the Mirpur 12 area. A Basumati Paribahan bus was set on fire in Mirpur.

Pallabi police said miscreants set the bus on fire. In Postogola, a van carrying gas cylinders was also set on fire; the driver is reported to have fled after setting the van alight.

In Manikganj, meanwhile, nine cocktails exploded in phases.

Reports also came in of cocktail explosions at various places in the capital and attacks targeting police.

Amid these incidents, two people were arrested from Adabor at night. They are Md Mahbub Hossain, 29, and Md Rashed Kabir, 28. Mahbub is the general secretary of the Thakurgaon district Chhatra League.

SRB-2 media officer Major M Mubin Rahman Tapos confirmed the information around 10 pm on Monday (9 November).

SRB-2 said that in the early hours of Monday, acting on its own intelligence, it learned that several miscreants were positioned on motorcycles in the Shyamoli Ring Road area under Adabor police station with the intention of sabotage.

A special operation was then carried out there, and motorcyclists Mahbub and Rashed were detained with six petrol bombs and 950 grams of gunpowder.

During preliminary questioning, the two were found to be from Thakurgaon district. They are members of the banned organisation Chhatra League. SRB-2 said Mahbub is an accused in multiple sabotage cases.

The statement also said they were positioned there with petrol bombs and gunpowder to create panic among the public and carry out sabotage.