Two covered vans set ablaze in Gazipur

Two covered vans were burnt as miscreants hurled ignitable substances on the vehicles on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at the Bhogra Bypass intersection on Thursday morning (November 30).

The incident took place around 6:30 am.

Fire service and local sources said 14 to 15 miscreants threw ignitable substances on a parked covered van and a moving covered van in Jhajar area. Meanwhile, the miscreants fled the scene blasting cocktails.

On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and doused the blaze after half an hour effort.

Gazipur Metropolitan Gacha police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Shah Alam confirmed the matter.