Elderly woman burnt alive
An elderly woman was burnt to death as a fire broke out at a house at Shibnathpukur village in Ranishangkoil upazila on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Afula Begum, 75, wife of late Asgar Ali of the village. She had been suffering from paralysis for long. Fire service sources said the fire originated from an oil lamp at the house of Shahid Ali, son of the victim, at about 6:15pm and soon engulfed the adjoining houses. Afula was brunt alive as she could not come out of the house due to her illness. On information, firefighters from Baliadangi upazila headquarters rushed in and extinguished the blaze. They also recovered the charred body of Afula.
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