Moving pickup torched in Bagerhat, four cocktails explode in Adabor; JDP protests in Shahbagh
A series of arson and cocktail explosions struck different parts of the country on Monday night. A moving pickup van was set on fire in Bagerhat, four cocktails exploded one after another in Dhaka's Adabor, and four people were detained while trying to hurl cocktails at a police checkpoint in Moghbazar. Protesting the incidents, the Justice and Democracy Party (JDP) brought out a protest march in Dhaka's Shahbagh at night.
In Maniktala area of Bagerhat Sadar upazila, the tyre of a banana-laden moving pickup van was set on fire at around 9:30 pm on Monday (November 9). Slogans of 'Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu, Joy Tanmoy Bhai' were chanted at the time.
Four cocktails exploded in front of Tokyo Square under Adabor police station in the capital. In Moghbazar area under Hatirjheel police station, police detained four people red-handed while they were trying to throw cocktails at a police checkpoint.
The JDP brought out an instant protest march against the arson and sabotage allegedly carried out by the banned Awami League in different parts of the country. The march began at 9 pm on Monday from in front of the National Museum in Shahbagh in the capital.
The march later ended at the TSC area of Dhaka University, where party leaders addressed a brief rally.
Speakers at the rally said there is national unity in the country on resisting the terrorism and sabotage of the Awami League. Sheikh Hasina will not return to the country again, they said, yet grassroots workers are being used like guinea pigs in the hope of her return.
The speakers further said that, incited by fugitive leaders, these workers will ultimately end up arrested and in jail for taking part in sabotage. They urged grassroots leaders and workers not to destroy their own future by getting involved in violence and sabotage in exchange for money.
Leaders and activists of the JDP and its associate organisation, Jatiya Chhatramanch, took part in the protest march.
