Unidentified miscreants set fire to a bus in Dhaka's Matuail area tonight.

The incident took place around 9:00pm in front of Matuail Hospital when some people hurled petrol bombs at a Green Anabil bus, said Officer-in-Charge Mofizul Alam of Jatrabari Police Station.

No arrests have been made yet as the arsonists could not be identified, he added.

A passenger, Hassan Jubayer, 26, sustained burn injuries and was receiving treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.