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Brothel gutted, 19 held

24 June 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Faridpur

At least 183 houses at C&B ghat brothel was gutted Tuesday night. Police arrested 19 people on suspicion of setting fire. Locals said, the fire originated from the house of one Minu, a housekeeper of the brothel at around 10:30 pm. It spread quickly and damaged almost all the houses of the brothel. However, the inmates of the brothel alleged that the fire incident was planned and aimed at evicting them from the place.