Dhaka, April 13 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has identified the miscreant responsible for setting fire to a motif at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University ahead of the Pahela Baishakh celebrations and the suspect is expected to be arrested by Monday morning, before the Ananda Shobhajatra begins, said DMP Commissioner Sazzat Ali.

"The miscreant involved in setting fire to the motif - a symbolic face representing autocracy - has already been identified. We hope to arrest the individual before the Shobhajatra begins tomorrow (Monday)," he told journalists while inspecting the security arrangements for the Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Ramna Park in the capital on Sunday morning.

"A case has been filed over the incident under...