A shed housing dry kindling was set on fire by unknown individuals at 7pm on Saturday. Nasirnagar OC Abu Zafar said: “Someone might have torched the shed in front of his house with malicious intent.”Anjan Deb’s nephew Asif Kumar Deb said he came out of the house during a power outage at 7pm, smelled smoke and saw the tin shed on fire. A tin wall was smashed in to make room to set fire to the kindling inside. RAB and police are on the spot to investigate and have not yet determined whether this latest arson attack is tied to the communal attacks that have engulfed Nasirnagar. BGB has been deployed around the perimeter of the vice-chairman’s house.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 05, 2016 13:56 UTC