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Crude, petrol bombs seized in city, dists

Gazipur mayor held in arson case; today's SSC exams postponed for hartal, date to be fixed later

Star Report
Law enforcers yesterday detained six people with 15 petrol bombs in the capital and recovered several dozen petrol and crudes bombs from different districts, while arson attacks on vehicles continued across the country on the 37th day of the indefinite blockade enforced by the BNP-led alliance.
At least 9 people, including four policemen, were injured in crude bomb attacks while criminals set fire to six vehicles, including two buses, in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country yesterday, said police and fire service officials.
Petrol bombs have been frequently used to set vehicles on fire during the ongoing blockade. Forty-four people were killed so far in these attacks.
Meanwhile, the government yesterday postponed the SSC and equivalent examinations scheduled for today as the 20-party alliance extended its hartal until Friday morning.
The next date for holding the examinations is yet to be
fixed, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said at a press briefing at the secretariat yesterday.
"Lives and security of the students are our first priority. We can’t push them to risk. That's why we are compelled to postpone the exams [on Thursday]," Nahid said.
Tests on Religious studies under eight general education boards as well as on Fikha and Usulul Fikha under Madrasa Board and Physics Second Paper under Vocational Board were scheduled to be held today.
Police yesterday arrested Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan in the capital in connection with torching a bus in Gazipur.
Mannan, also an adviser to the BNP chairperson, was picked up from his Baridhara DOHS house around 6:00pm by a police team of Gazipur.
Speaking to journalists at his office around 7:00pm, SP Harunur Rashid said the mayor stood accused in three cases filed with Joydevpur Police Station for subversive activities, vandalism and arson attacks on vehicles during the ongoing blockade enforced by the BNP-led alliance.
The police officer said the BNP leader was also facing charges of instigating violence.
On February 4, criminals hurled petrol bombs at a bus in Gazipur, leaving five people burnt. The next day, police lodged a case against Mannan and others in this connection.
Criminals torched four vehicles, including two buses, in Mirpur 10 and Ashulia while alleged blockaders set alight a truck in Kishoreganj, said police and fire service officials.
In the capital, police detained four people and recovered five petrol bombs from their possession in Bangshal in the wee hours of yesterday.
The detainees are Faruk, Mamun, Dulal and Kawsar, police said.
During primary interrogation, the arrestees confessed to their involvement in carrying out petrol bomb attacks on vehicles in the capital during the blockade. They received Tk 1,000 to 5,000 for this purpose, a subinspector of Bangshal Police Station said, wishing anonymity.
They used to sell each petrol bomb at Tk 700, the SI added. He, however, declined to give away further details for the sake of investigation.
Members of Rab recovered 10 abandoned firebombs and detained two people from the capital's Gulshan 1 area.
Maj Maksudul Alam, assistant director of Rab's legal and media wing, told The Daily Star that the elite force members recovered the firebombs from an abandoned bag near Gulshan 1 intersection around 5:00pm. Two persons were also held on suspicion.
Five people were burnt as miscreants hurled a crude bomb at a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Shah Mirpur area of Ch ittagong last night.
Kamaruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police Station, said the vehicle instantly caught fire after the attack. The injured were sent to Chittagong Medial College Hospital.
Meanwhile, police recovered 11 petrol bombs from Barguna, four from Chuadanga and five crude bombs from Bhola.
In Natore, Jubo Dal activist Arif Hossain and his cousin Jewel, joint convener of the Sadar upazila unit of Swechchhasebak Dal, received minor injuries when a homemade bomb they were making went off at Arifs house in Nischintapur village around 4:00pm, locals and police said.
A foreign pistol, four bullets, one magazine, 20 empty bottles and bomb making materials were recovered from the spot, said Jamal Al Naser, company commander ofRab-5.
The duo are on the run. The Rab launched a hunt for them.
In Mymensingh, two policemen were injured in a crude bomb explosion during a drive at Mamudnagar area to arrest criminals who set alight a sand-laden truck on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road early yesterday.
One Sohagh was injured in the incident. Police arrested three people, including Sohagh, during the drive, said Mohammad Ali Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Gouripur Police Station.
In Khulna, miscreants blasted cocktails in front of the gate of a book fair in Khalishpur, leaving two cops injured.
Meanwhile, police held at least 12 BNP-Jamaat activists in the last 24 hours from different parts of the capital for their alleged involvement in subversive activities.
Besides, police arrested Jamaat leader Sheikh Rafiqul Islam from Kachua in Bagerhat and 28 BNP-Jamaat men from Satkhira yesterday.
In Feni, criminals set fire to a truck carrying around 10,000 newly-hatched chicks at Kajirbagh area around 7:30pm. The rear side of the vehicle was burnt and some 400-500 chicks died, said Mahbub Morshed, officer-in-charge of Feni Sadar Police Station.