Dhaka: Miscreants torched a bus of Dhaka University (DU) in the city’s Mirpur area on Thursday afternoon.

The DU bus was set ablaze in Mirpur-1 area at about 4:00pm while it was going to Mirpur to drop the university students, said DU proctor AM Amzad Hossain.

However, no one was injured in the incident.  Meanwhile, DU students caught a young man in front of Madhur Canteen on the campus at 8:00pm while he was allegedly trying to carry out acts of sabotage.

He was given a mass beating before being handed over to police, said Shahbagh police officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam.  In another development, two crude bombs were recovered from the Arts Building at 12:30pm.