Miscreants set afire 11 houses

9 March 2009, 18:00 PM

A Correspondent, Shariatpur

Unknown miscreants set afire 11 houses at village Rudrakor under Sadar upazila of the district Sunday night. The houses belonged to local Awami League (AL) leader Shamsul Huq Baperi, Abdur Rab Dhali, Mozu Baperi, Amir Hossain Dhali, Hafez Abdul Jalil, Halan Baperi, Mannan Khan, Tota Sheikh, Parvin Madbar, Taher Ali Madbar and Hossain Dhali, locals and police said. The miscreants poured kerosene oil on the houses at dead of night before setting them afire, said locals but could not say if the incidents were linked to each other. Two persons, Shamsul Huq Baperi and Abdur Rab Dhali received burn injuries as they tried to bring the fire under control. The fire-fighters from Shariatpur rushed to the spot but in the meantime the houses were burnt to ashes.