Bus torched in Kafrul: 'My political elder brother ordered me to pour petrol and set it alight', confesses Hossain

Md Hossain Mia, arrested by police while setting fire to a bus in Kafrul in the capital, has confessed in preliminary interrogation that he torched the bus on the instructions of his political 'elder brother'.

According to him, the man who gave the order, Yuvraj, is a former general secretary of the Kafrul Thana Chhatra League. Hossain said he himself is also involved in Chhatra League politics.

The fire was set at around 12:45 a.m. on Monday night (November 10) in the Mirpur-13 area under Kafrul police station, opposite the Staff College, on a bus of Alif Paribahan bearing registration Dhaka Metro-B-12-7474.

Two men who arrived on a motorcycle set the bus alight. But shopkeepers nearby quickly put out the fire.

Hossain was arrested as he was setting the fire. Mohammad Naser Rikabdar, deputy commissioner (DC) of the Mirpur Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), confirmed the arrest.

In his statement to police, Hossain said, 'My political elder brother Yuvraj sent me to set fire to the bus. As he told me, I poured petrol on the vehicle and set it alight with a matchstick.'

DC Mohammad Naser Rikabdar said Hossain admitted in preliminary interrogation that he had set fire to the bus. His statements are being verified and investigated, he said.

Police said a video of his initial confession about setting fire to the bus has been recorded.

Police said an investigation is under way to identify and arrest others involved in the incident.