At least two police boxes and 23 vehicles were torched at different parts of the city as violence was escalating amid Hefajat-e-Islam’s grand rally.
Witnesses said miscreants set fire to a police box at Shantinagar around 6:20 pm while another at Mouchak at about 6:25 pm.
A police Pajero jeep was set afire at Mouchak around 6:25 pm while a bus and a bulldozer at Malibagh crossing around 6:20 pm.
At least 15 vehicles were set alight around the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the evening.
Lampposts on the streets from Shantinagar to Mouchak were also vandalised by the miscreants.
Two minibuses were also torched near the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and at Purana Paltan during a clash between police and Hefajat men in the afternoon.
Hefajat activists torched a bus near the Hockey Stadium at about 10:30am.
In another incident, two police bikes were torched near the Baitul Mukarram Mosque as the Hefajat men in a procession were marching towards the Shapla Chattar in the capital at about 12:30pm.
Source: UNBConnect
