At least three people were killed including a woman and her daughter as
violence raged in different parts of the country on Tuesday protesting
against the government’s order to execute Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul
Quader Molla.
Panic spread all over the country including the capital as activists of
Jamaat-Shibir went berserk in several districts torching Awami League
leaders’ residences and vandalising scores of vehicles.
Meanwhile, Jamaat again called a nationwide a dawn-to-dusk general strike for today.
New Age Gazipur correspondent reported that a woman and her daughter
were burnt to death and three others suffered burns as miscreants
torched a covered van in the Bypass area of Vogra around 10:00pm.
The deceased were identified as Sumi Akhter, 28 and her daughter, Sanjida, 8.
Abdul Baten, superintendent of Gazipur police, said Sumi including her family were heading towards Bogra from Rupganj.
As the van reached the Bypass area, the miscreants set it on fire hurling petrol bombs.
New Age correspondent in Feni reported that a Shibir activist, Salman,
20, was shot dead by police at Shanti Company of the Feni city around
10:30pm.
Witness said the activists tried to block the roads in the area with
logs. Police tried to foil their blocked as they hurled crude bombs at
police.
Police then opened fire on the activists, leaving one dead, said Feni additional SP Shamsul Alam.
In the capital, a number crude bombs were exploded near a Ganajagaran Mancha gathering.
No casualties were reported in the incident.
Four bombs were exploded near the Dhaka Central Jail around 9:45pm in
front of Nirob Hotel, about 50 yards off the central jail boundary.
There were no reports of casualties, Abul Hasan, inspector (investigation) at Bangsal police station, said.
A number of vehicles were torched at Jatrabari and other parts of the capital.
The activists set fire to the residence of Gibandha-3 constituency lawmaker TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury.
The activists torched around 20 vehicles in Lohagara and Satkania of Chittagong.
The Shibir men blasted bombs at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. (source)