Petrol bomb attack on auto-rickshaw in Ctg, 2 burnt

Two women suffered burn wounds after a petrol bomb was hurled towards their CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chattogram city’s Aturar Depot area early Sunday (April 20).

Of them, the condition of one woman is stated to be critical.

The incident took place around 5 am.

The two burnt women are Laila, 50, and Jharna, 30. They are two sisters. It was learnt that they were going from Chattogram’s Raozan to Kutubdia Malek Shah Darbar Sharif.

Nurul Alam Ashek, in charge of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital police outpost, said, “Two burnt women were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital’s (CMCH) Burn Unit in the early hours of today. Of them, one woman was referred to Dhaka as her condition was critical.”

According to the auto-rickshaw driver, two youths came to their vehicle, riding on a motorcycle, with their faces tying up and threw petrol bomb at the auto-rickshaw, setting the vehicle ablaze.

The two woman passengers were burnt in the fire, he said.