Flames devoured the bus while Julhas Mia, 40, slept inside, turning an ordinary night in Fulbaria into a family’s worst nightmare. The bus driver, the sole breadwinner of his household, could not escape the fire deliberately set by three masked men, leaving his mother, wife, and sister shattered. His mother, Sajeda Begum, collapsed repeatedly, her wails piercing the air: “My son wasn’t involved in politics. He was burnt alive even before he could know the joy of becoming a father,” Sajeda said. Yasin Ekbar, additional inspector at Fulbaria Fire Service, said: “We found one charred body inside the bus after the fire was doused.”
