N'ganj fire guts 60 shanties
Our Correspondent, N'ganj
A fire Saturday burned down 60 shanties in a slum, a furniture shop and bamboos in Banshpatti in Mandolpara, leaving some 200 people homeless.Locals alleged some people set fire to the slum to evict its dwellers and grab the land. Eight units of firefighters from Haziganj, Demra and Postogola rushed to the spot and put out the fire at around 12:00 midnight. There were different versions on the origin of the fire. However, a witness claimed to have seen two youths setting the fire at around 10:30pm. Joynal Khan, a class four employee of Narayanganj municipality and slum dweller, said the youths ran away when he challenged them. He alleged Jabbar Ali, Mujibar and Nazma in connivance with a locally influential person have been trying to evict them and blamed the incident on them. Fire service sources said the fire damaged valuables worth about Tk 10 lakh.
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