Rangpur arson attack accused held

By Star Online Today
19 March 2015, 12:16 PM
UPDATED 24 March 2015, 00:58 AM
Police arrest two people including a prime accused in a case regarding the Rangpur arson attack on a bus that left six people killed.

Police today arrested two people including a prime accused in a case regarding the Rangpur arson attack on a bus that left six people killed.

Key accused Joynal Master, 50, Kafrikhal union Jamaat Amir, and his sibling Masum Amin, 44, also an activist of the party, were arrested at Pirojpur of Mithapukur upazila around 2:00pm, said Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Mithapukur Police Station.

Six people were killed in the firebomb attack on a bus at Jaigirhat in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur on January 14.