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Ruma college gutted

15 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Bandarban

The academic building of Ruma Non-government College at Ruma was gutted in a fire early Sunday. Witnesses said that the fire broke out around 12:30am. As there is no fire station at Ruma, the blaze destroyed the semi-pucca building built in 1999 by Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB) at a cost of Tk 12.5 lakh. The reason of the fire was not immediately known. But Ruma upazila Chairman Aong Thoai Ching suspected sabotage by vested group. Meanwhile, the district administration has formed a probe body but no case was filed till filing of this report.