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Arson attacks on BNP offices, vehicles and motorcycles were reported in Khulna and Khagrachhari from Monday midnight to early Tuesday, while miscreants felled trees to block roads in several areas of Khagrachhari.
Police have taken eight suspects into custody in connection with the incidents in Khagrachhari.
In Khulna, two masked men riding a motorcycle set fire to a banner outside the Batiaghata upazila BNP office in Jalma area early Tuesday.
Police and locals said the duo arrived near the office before Fajr prayers, set fire to the banner and quickly fled. Local residents brought the fire under control.
Batiaghata Police Station Officer-in-Charge SM Mizanur Rahman said police were investigating the incident.
In Khagrachhari, miscreants set fire to a BNP office in Guimara and a parked jeep in the district town’s Pankhaiya Para area on Monday night.
The BNP office at Ward 6 of Hafchhari Union in Guimara was set ablaze around midnight, destroying its furniture and the entire structure. Firefighters later brought the blaze under control.
Around 2:30am, another fire broke out in a jeep parked in front of KSTC Hospital on Pankhaiya Para Road. The vehicle was completely gutted.
Its owner, Mohammad Shaheen, said 10 to 12 people set fire to the vehicle, causing losses estimated at Tk 500,000.
Fire service official Mukul Kumar Nath said two firefighting units reached the scene around 4:30am and extinguished the fire within five minutes.
Guimara Police Station OC Mohammad Sohrwardi said eight suspects had been taken into custody over the BNP office arson.
Meanwhile, trees were felled and placed across roads at Sat Mile on the Dighinala road and near Richang Waterfall on the Matiranga road. Firefighters later cleared the roads, restoring traffic.
A motorcycle was also reportedly set on fire near Alutila.
Khagrachhari Sadar Police Station OC Md Kai Kislou said police were examining CCTV footage to identify and arrest those responsible for the jeep fire.
