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Blockade Arson Attack

Truckers in anguish at DMCH burn unit

Staff Correspondent
Trucker Mehedi Hasan is fighting for life, screaming in agony at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). 1 Ie is another victim of an arson attack of the opposition's fresh 72-hour-blockade starting Saturday.
Fearful of the violence during the opposition's road, rail and waterway blockade, Mehedi, a local trucker of Kristopur of Faridpur, was driving around to find a safe place to keep his vehicle on Saturday around 8:00pm.
When he reached Harisha Ray area, pickets hurled a bottle of flammable liquid. The burning bottle fell on his lap and moments later ignited the cabin, leaving him with 64 percent burns.
After being treated at a local hospital, Mehedi was admitted to DMCH at the dead of the night on Saturday. The Daily Star found the 20-year-old at the burn unit's High Dependency Unit around 1:00am, staring at his elderly mother with eyes brimming with tears.
The mother, Shaheda, cried out, "My son had never engaged in politics. Then, what was my son's fault? Why is he suffering such pain?" She fell silent, only her sobs could be heard.
Another trucker, Mohammmad Milu, with seven percent burns to his face was lying on the next bed.
Pickets ignited his banana-laden truck near Ghorashal Bridge around 9:00pm while he, with another truck following behind, was on way to Sylhelt from Bogra, taking frequent breaks on the way. His helper Rubel Ali is also admitted to DMCH with minor burns.
"I came to know about the blockade
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around 10:00pm on Friday. My truck was already loaded with goods so I had to make the trip," said Milu, with the skin nearly peeled off his face, in a low voice.
"I lost control and both of us jumped out through the window. The truck skidded off the road and plunged into a ditch," Milu said.
He blamed the Awami League-led government for his present state, stating that none of this would have happened if the party had accepted the opposition's demand for a non-party
caretaker government.
Milu was brought to the burn unit around 2:00am on Sunday. With the blockade ongoing, his wife and parents could not come from Bogra.
"We are fearful over what happened to him. My two sons and parents-in-law are crying consistently," his wife Laily Akhter told The Daily Star over the phone.
The burn unit received 54 victims of recent hartals and blockades. Of them, 31 are still undergoing treatment while nine passed away, said the unit's Chief Coordinator DrSamanta Lal Sen.