Brahmanbaria -- Pro-hartal elements on Monday set railway tracks afire, blasted 20 crude bombs and vandalised 20 vehicles, injuring one in the town ahead of Tuesday`s day-long general strike called by BNP. Police and witnesses said, hartal supporters, in simultaneous attacks, torched several slippers on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet railway tracks by pouring petrol on those in the evening. However, police arrived in time after receiving information and put out the fire in two rail routes beside Niaz Mohammad High School.
The pro-hartal elements also vandalised 20 vehicles in different areas of the district headquarters, simultaneously blasting 20 crude bombs on TA Road, College Road and other parts of the town in the evening.
The incidents sent a panic wave in the town.