Baby roasted as FF's house torched in Sylhet
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
A minor girl was burnt to death as miscreants set fire to the house of a freedom fighter at Koshorpur village in Sylhet Sadar upazila in the early hours of Monday. However, other inmates managed escape.According to a delayed report, the house of Akbar Ali was set on fire at about 2 am by some miscreants when inmates were asleep while Akbar was in Sylhet city to join the Independence Day programme. As the tin-shed house caught fire, the inmates came out in a hurry but Akbar's 5-year daughter Sohana was left behind. Autopsy of the remains of Sohana's body was done at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College yesterday. Police arrested three suspects. They are Babla, son of Mozammel; Sadique Ali, son of Arab Ali and Ilyas, son of late Wasik Ali-all hailing from the same village. Police produced the accused before a court with a prayer for five days' remand. Akbar Ali filed a case with Kotwali police station without naming any accused. Police said the arson could be a sequel to land dispute.
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