Arson attack on Pabna trader’s house
Criminals set fire to the house of trader Md Rabiul Islam at Dublia village in Pabna Sadar upazila early Friday, apparently in a bid to kill the family members.
The residents of the house, however, managed to save themselves although the fire caused serious damage to valuables.
“A group of criminals set fire to our house when we were asleep at about 1:00am on Friday. Sensing the matter, we managed to leave unhurt with the help of neighbours,” Rabiul Islam said.
Four motorbikes, goods, valuables and cash worth a total of Tk 20 lakh was destroyed in the fire, he added.
Rabiul filed a case with Ataikula Police Station on Friday, accusing anonymous people on charge of setting the fire to his house with a target to kill him and his family members.
“Criminals killed my brother Mahamud Ani, a Junior Secondary Certificate examinee, on November 30 last year. The men of the accused in the murder case might have made the arson attack to kill us,” said Ashik Mahamud Avi, son of Rabiul.
Police earlier submitted charge sheet against two men in the case for killing Ani. Police arrested one of the two accused while the other went into hiding after the incident.
Family members of the victim submitted an objection regarding the charge sheet and demanded reinvestigation for finding out the mastermind of the murder.
The case was later handed over to Police Bureau of Investigation.
“We are demanding justice for killing my brother. We also demand proper investigation into the arson attack incident,” Avi said.
Md Kamruzzaman, officer in charge of Ataikula Police Station, said police has visited the spot and started investigating the incident.
“Although the victims have verbally mentioned the name of a suspect, they have filed a case against anonymous people. We are trying to find out the culprits,” he added.
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