Hartal progresses in Dhaka amid vandalism, blasts
The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, blasted several crude bombs and vandalised five shops and four vehicles in Mohammadpur and Mirpur areas of Dhaka during the second bout of its countrywide hartal today.
A man was detained from Mirpur area on charge of crude bomb blast but none was reported hurt in the incident.
Jamaat on Wednesday called the 72-hartal for Thursday, Sunday and Monday after International Crimes Tribunal-1 handed down death penalty to Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
MOHAMMADPUR
The Jamaat-Shibir men brought out a brisk procession on Tajmahal Road around noon and blasted two crude bombs and vandalised four vehicles and five roadside shops, locals said.
Asked Azizul Haque, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station, said they heard the incident.
MIRPUR
Pickets blasted a crude bomb in front of Manipur High School and College around 11:00am, said Atiur (full name was not known), a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station.
Law enforcers detained a man in connection with the explosion, he added.
A huge number of public and private vehicles are seen plying on the streets in Dhaka. Trains and launches operated normally but no long-route buses left Dhaka for other districts from any of the inter-district bus terminals.
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