Miscreants set fire to a Durpalla bus standing in Shaheed Barkat Sarani area of Gazipur city on the first day of strike called by BNP. Deloar Hossain Delu, the driver and owner of the bus, fainted after seeing the scene of the burning of the bus, the only source of income given by Dukrut. Later the locals took him to the local hospital where he regained consciousness.
Delu’s cousin Sagar Hossain said that their village home is in Katwali Thaka area of Mymensingh. Currently, they are staying with their family in the house of Mahbub Molla in Shaheed Barkat Sarani area. From there Delu drove his vehicle called Turag Paribahan on the Dhaka-Sherpur route. He drives his own car. He tipped the car and parked it on the bank of the pond next to the road in front of the house on Saturday night. On Sunday afternoon, someone set fire to the car and fled. Instantly, the fire spread to the car. After about an hour of effort, the locals extinguished the fire.
Cousin Sagar also said that Delu sold his last property of 7 katha land and bought the car in installments for 28 lakh taka. For this he has to pay installments of 62 thousand rupees every month. But after hearing the news of the fire in the car, he went to the car from home and suddenly lost consciousness after seeing the burning scene of the bus. He was later taken to a local hospital by the locals and recovered. Now Delu is worried about how to pay the bus installment.
Basan Police Station, Gazipur, Md. Abu Siddique admitted the truth of the incident and said that Shaheed Barkat went to the spot with the police after hearing the news of the bus parked on the bank of the pond being set on fire. Before they left, the locals brought the fire under control. An investigation is underway as to who set fire to the bus. Legal action in this regard is under process.
