Houses of AL activists torched

They have also torched six vehicles.

Awami League activist Golzar Hossain said the miscreants had set ablaze his brother’s and his houses in Samanta village around 10.30pm on Thursday.

They also set three shops on fire in the nearby market.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Quader Molla was hanged at 10.01pm for his crimes against humanity in 1971 War of Independence.

Activists of Jamaat and its student front Islami Chaatra Shibir torched five trucks and one microbus on the Jhenaidah-Chuadanga road around 11pm to protest the execution, police said.

Police and fire fighters rushed to the spot and put out the fire immediately.