A double-decker BRTC bus was set on fire by unidentified miscreants in Abdullahpur area of Uttara in the capital at around 7:00pm on Saturday.

Eyewitnesses said that a fire broke out on the upper deck of the BRTC bus after 7 pm. Seeing the fire, the passengers got down quickly.

Uttara Purba Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Rakibul Haque said that miscreants set fire to the upper deck of the BRTC double-decker bus at Abdullahbpur. The bus driver and others put out the flame. Three seats of the bus were gutted.