Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Pro-strike activists set fire to a train at Mymensingh and hurled a crude bomb at a police station in the country’s northern Rajshahi on Tuesday evening.
Officials said a compartment was burnt down after a gang of seven to eight criminals torched a train at Mymensingh railway station around 7:30pm.
However, now injuries were reported from the arson, a railway official told The Daily Star, a local newspaper.
In Rajshahi, constable Firoz Ahmed was injured as criminals hurled a cocktail at Boalia Police Station around 8:25pm.
The injured was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
He is out of danger, according to the newspaper report.
Md Moniruzzaman, commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP), visited the spot immediately after the incident and blamed Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists for the attack.
The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance has called for a 36-hour countrywide hartal from Wednesday morning demanding release of their leaders and activists.
BBN/SSR/AD-26Mar13-10:22 pm (BST)
