The Santals of Gobindaganj and Joypur fear this attempt to be a new conspiracy against them. Deputy General Manager of Sahebganj-Bagda sugar field Alamgir Hossain said two sugarcane fields of Sapmara area caught fire and the blaze spread in a blink of an eye. According to Managing Director of Rangpur Sugarcane Mills Abdul Awal, unidentified miscreants might have torched the fields. The sugarcanes can still be used to make sugar.”Meanwhile, father of bullet-hit Dwijen Tudu, Illias Tudu, said: “Labourers work in the sugarcane fields, secured with barbed wire, all day. If anyone had torched the fields the labourers must have seen them.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 14, 2017 19:50 UTC