Bus carrying students set on fire in Bajitpur, vehicle burns to ashes
A bus of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) kept for carrying students was set on fire in Bajitpur of Kishoreganj. The bus, parked at Pirijpur Bazar in the upazila, was set ablaze at around 3am on Monday (9 November). The entire bus was burnt in the fire.
Talking to several local people, it was learned that the bus had been assigned for students of Bhairab Government Mohila College. Students from Pirijpur and nearby areas of Bajitpur travel to the college in this bus every day.
On Monday too, after the students had been dropped off and picked up, the bus was parked at its designated spot in Pirijpur Bazar. Later, at around 3am, miscreants set fire to the bus.
On receiving the news, Fire Service personnel rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control, but the bus was completely burnt. As the bus used for students' travel has been burnt down, concern has spread among local people.
Md Shahidullah, officer-in-charge of Bajitpur Police Station, said activists of the banned Awami League set fire to the bus.
The OC also said that although Fire Service personnel brought the fire under control, no one has been arrested in connection with the incident so far.
