Ashulia trainees go berserk

Some trainees who allegedly set fire to their pre-employment schooling centre in Ashulia last night torched a fire truck and attacked fire fighters during the fire incident.
The injured fire fighters, including Anwar Hossain, station officer of the Export Processing Zone fire station, alleged that Ashulia policemen, who were escorting them, had fled and left them behind.
Some 10 persons were injured when the trainees locked in a clash with cops and the fire fighters around 8:45pm. Vehicular movement on Abdullahpur-Baipail road was suspended for around two hours.
The fire gutted five tin-shed dormitories and rooms of Singapore Piling South Point Skill Centre in Naroshinghapur, which houses some 900 youths to train them up for different jobs in Singapore, said the centre's Supervisor, Yakub Miah.
Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Ali Ahmed Khan suspected the attackers to be pro-hartal activists. “We will lodge complaints with the home ministry about police's role and take legal steps against the attackers,” he said. The trainees were upset over the way the centre was being run, sources said.