Three people have received burns as miscreants set a cargo truck afire in the Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
The injured are cargo truck driver Zahid Mia, helper Salim Miah and Pran Gruop security staff Jewel.
Locals said miscreants threw petrol bombs at the Paachdona-bound cargo truck of Pran Group from Ghorashal in Bhatpara area at 8pm, leaving Zahid and Jewel injured.
The locals admitted the injured at Narsingdi General Hospital.
So far, more than 70 people have died and scores have been injured in different parts of the country in violence during the BNP-led alliance enforced non-stop blockade.
Of those, a large number of arson attacks are being conducted on highways. Hundreds of vehicles, including those belonging to law-enforcers, were burnt and attacked.
The BNP led 20-party alliance has been enforcing a non-stop nationwide blockade since January 5 in protest against the “confinement” of the party chief Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda Zia had been kept confined to her Gulshan party office since January 3 ahead of a party rally, marking “Democracy Killing Day.”
On January 12, the security was relaxed.
But Khaleda never came out; instead she said in a press conference that she was going to stay there and the blockade would continue unless the government took the first steps towards solution.
For most of the day, the BNP-led 20-party alliance enforced blockade and hartal had little impact on the lives of the people on its 38th day, aside from a few stray incidents of violence across the country.
Law enforcers continued a crackdown on alleged anarchists in different parts of the country.
In the capital, city dwellers experienced traffic jams on the roads, a sign of relative normalcy.
