Two BNP activists were arrested on Thursday along with bottles of petrol, gas lighters, and pieces of clothes while preparing to set vehicles on fire in the Gabtola area of Moghbazar.
The arrestees were identified as Ebadul Bepari, 37, joint convener of Hatirjheel unit of Swechchhasebak Dal, and Sabuj Mia, 27, a member of Hatirjheel unit of Swechchhasebak Dal.
Hatirjheel police station Inspector (Investigation) Sharif Miaji said leaders and activists of BNP took out a procession in support of the 48-hour nationwide blockade at Gabtola near Moghbazar intersection around 2pm.
From the procession, they were preparing to set fire to vehicles, he said.
“The police chased and arrested the two men along with the bottles of petrol and other stuff,” he said.
BNP and other like-minded opposition parties are enforcing a 48-hour blockade road-rail-waterways blockade across the country which will end at 6am on Friday.
