Bhola Correspondent: A terrorist attack has been happened on a Dhaka-bound passenger launch from Borhanuddin in Bhola.
According to passenger sources, a group of armed terrorists boarded the launch while it was leaving for Dhaka from Deula Launch Ghat of Tetulia River in Borhanuddin at around 7:30 pm on Wednesday. They beat up the launch staff and vandalized various parts of the launch. Panic also spread among the passengers, many of whom were injured while running here and there.
In response to a question, the driver of MB Al Araf launch said, there had been a dispute between our launch staff and the MB Manik-11 launch staff over various issues for a long time. On Wednesday, when our launch was leaving from Lalmohan, the Manik launch pushed at the back of our launch. This broke the back of our launch. We had a verbal argument with them over this issue. After that, we left for Dhaka. On the way, at the Dewla Launch Ghat of the Betua River in the Borhanuddin area, the staff of Manik-11 boarded our launch with a few more associates. They beat up our workers and vandalized the inside of the launch.
The owner of MB Manik-11 launch said that there had been regular disputes between the workers of both launches for a long time. But after the incident, the problem was resolved.
Meanwhile, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Borhanuddin police station Md. Siddiqur Rahman said, “No complaint has been repoted in this regard. If a complaint is found, the culprits will be brought to justice.”
