A group of miscreants set a microbus on fire in front of Dighapatia Textile Mill on Bogura-Natore highway in Natore Sadar upazila on Sunday.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Natore district united acting convener Shahidul Islam told New Age that ruling Awami League activists set the microbus on fire and beat up their party leaders and activists while they were heading towards Bogura from Natore by the vehicle to take part in the youth road march.

According to police and local people, a group of six to eight youths, who were waiting in front the textile mill earlier, blocked the highway and stopped the microbus heading towards Bogura from Natore at about 10:30am.

At one stage, the youths set the microbus on fire and beat up the passengers after the passengers got out of the microbus to save their lives, they said.

On information, a team from the Natore Fire Service and Civil Defense Station rushed to the spot and put out the fire.

Nasim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Natore Sadar Police Station, told New Age that they were trying to find out why the vehicle was set on fire and who were involved in the incident.

The OC could not say anything about the injured persons.