Kabir Hossain, 30, a burn victim of BNP’s blockade around the country, died yesterday in the morning at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Kabir was a resident of Louhoganj under Munshiganj district.
He died while under treatment at the DMCH, said Special Branch (SB) Additional Superintendent of Police Md Jakaria.
Kabir, along with his other six coworkers, was burnt in a petrol bomb attack on their truck near Jatramura area in Rupganj, Narayanganj on Friday at around 10pm.
The truck driver Rubel Mia filed a case with the Rupganj police station on Saturday evening accusing 28 identified individuals along with some 10-12 unidentified people.
Earlier, the police arrested four persons in this connection after conducting a drive at Tarab area in Rupganj, confirmed the Rupganj thana Officer-in-Charge Mahmudul Islam.
The arrested are Al Amin, 23, of Jatramura area; Habibur Rahman Mamun, 24, of Tarab South para; Najrul Islam, 35, of Mugrakul area; and Rakibul Hasan, 26, of Fatehpur area in nearby Sonargaon upazilla.
The other injured in that attack are Helal Uddin, 25, Sohel Mia, 28, Billal Hossain, 26, Sohrab, 32, and Rasel Mia, 30. All of them are being treated at the DMCH burnt unit. They were labourers of Mahbub Spinning Mills in Rupganj.
After the incident, the truck driver Rubel Mia told reporters: “The truck was attacked with several petrol bombs while we were going to the capital’s Postogola from Jatramura with 10-12 people.”
Six people were burnt in the attack while the local came forward and brought the fire under control, he added.
ASP Jakaria also informed that Kabir was not burnt extensively but he got severely injured with injuries to his head when he jumped off from the truck.
