Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman has expressed concern about the arson that occurred on army and police vehicles during demonstrations in Mirpur, Dhaka.

“It cannot be taken lightly if there is a plan to destabilize the country and its economy, or if the arson was done to achieve a specific agenda,” he said.

Conflicts between combined troops and garment workers broke out this morning in Mirpur 14’s Kachukhet neighborhood.

During the incident, two garment workers were shot, and the agitated workers set fire to separate vehicles of the police and army.

Later in the afternoon, Shafiqur Rahman made a post on the Jamaat-e-Islami Facebook page titled “Protest of Garment Workers in Kachukhet, Dhaka: Arson on Army and Police Vehicles!”

In his post, he wrote: “Following the recent incident in Gopalganj, this event occurred in Kachukhet, Dhaka. If the workers have legitimate demands, it is the duty of the relevant authorities to address them justly. However, if the arson on army and police vehicles is aimed at fulfilling a specific agenda or destabilizing the country and its economy, then it cannot be taken lightly.”