Two killed in ‘arson attack’ in Cox’s Bazar
Two people, including a child, were burnt to death last night in Lighthouse area of Cox’s Bazar town.
Senowara Begum had been living with her third husband Atiqur Rahman, 40, and daughter Sadia, 6, in a house there.
Senowara had a feud with her second husband Abdul Monaf.
Citing locals who had seen Monaf fleeing the scene, Senowara alleged that Monaf locked her house from the outside at night and set it on fire pouring petrol.
She managed to escape but Atiqur and Sadia, Senowara and Monaf’s child, were burnt to death.
Farid Uddin Khandakar, officer-in-charge of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station, said he sent policemen there after learning about the incident.
Md Idris, senior station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Cox’s Bazar, said they doused the fire around 9:00pm. One of their fire fighters was injured.
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