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Arson at BNP leader's jute stock

2 January 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Tangail

Some 275 maunds of jute fibres were gutted in an arson attack at Shialkhoil Bazar under Bhuapur upazila in Tangail district early yesterday. Police said unidentified criminals set fire to the stock of jute fibre owned by Rakibul Hossain Bhuiyan, general secretary of Bhuapur Pourosava BNP, after spraying patrol at around 3:00am. The jute fibres worth about Tk 3 lakh was burnt to ashes in the incident, they said. Bhuapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Anisur Rahman said they are investigating the incident.