A man, who was burnt in an arson attack in Magura, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital this morning.

Mohammad Imran Mollah, 25, succumbed at the burn unit around 6:00am, said Nayek Mozammel Hossain of the DMCH police camp.

With this death, a total of five people have died in the Magura arson attack, reports our Jhenidah correspondent quoting Assistant Superintendent of police Shudarshan Roy in Magura.

The arson attack took place when pro-hartal activists hurled two petrol bombs at a truck on the Magura-Jessore highway hours before the 72-hour countrywide hartal sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance began on March 22.

At least 94 people have been killed so far in the mindless violence that has ensued since the non-stop nationwide blockade enforced by the alliance since January 6.