A case has been filed against 35 people for an arson attack on a passenger bus in Chandina upazila of Comilla.
Chandina police station ASI Probir Kumar Roy filed the case accusing 35 people, of whom 15 are named and 20 others are unnamed, Rasul Ahmed Nizami, Chandina OC, told the Dhaka Tribune.
Meanwhile, a joint force, in an overnight drive, arrested seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from different parts of the upazila, in connection with the arson attack that left seven people injured.
The arrestees are Maolana Abul Bashar, 60, ameer of the Chandina upazila unit Jamaat, Maolana Rafiqul Islam, ameer of Barkamta union unit of Debiddar upazila and leaders and activists Muhibullah, Obaidullah, Faruk Hossain, Nayan, and Razzak Hossain.
The joint force conducted the drive in different areas of the upazila from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning and arrested them, the police official said.
On Wednesday, a petrol bomb attack by some unidentified miscreants on a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chandina upazila left seven people injured. Five of them, were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Meanwhile, a five-member probe committee, headed by Additional District Magistrate Golamur Rahman, was formed to investigate the incident.
