<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Calling it a planned act of sabotage by a certain quarter, BNP today demanded an immediate impartial judicial inquiry into the incident of setting the Dhaka-bound Mohanganj Express train on fire.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a statement, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said this kind of heinous and atrocious crime is only possible with the help of anti-people forces.</div><div><br></div><div>“Those who set fire to a train at Tejgaon in Dhaka today and took the lives of four passengers are undoubtedly inhuman. It’s not possible without the involvement of special quarters,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader said there is deep suspicion among the public whether this incident was carried out as a ploy to divert public attention away from the ongoing democratic movement.</div><div><br></div><div>"Saboteurs are the enemies of humanity. I’m deeply concerned over this barbaric and heartbreaking incident and I strongly condemn it. We demand an impartial judicial inquiry into the incident," Rizvi said.</div><div><br></div><div>He strongly demanded the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the miscreants involved in the Mohanganj Express fire incident.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader also prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of those who were killed and speedy recovery of the injured.</div><div><br></div><div>At least four people including a child were killed as miscreants set fire to the Dhaka-bound Mohanganj Express train in the capital's Tejgaon Railway station area early Tuesday, just an hour before today’s hartal called by BNP and likeminded opposition parties began.</div><div><br></div><div>Three carriages of the train were set on fire around 5:04 am and the firefighters tame the blaze around 6:45 am, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>