Four burned as house set afire

At least four people sustained burn injures as some miscreants torched a house by pouring petrol at Nayabasti village of Goinghat in Jaflong upazila early Friday. The injured are: Arfan Mia, 45, son of Altaf Ali of Nayabasti village, Motiur Rahman, 30, son of Kazim Uddin, Sujon, 28, son of Shamsul Haque, Saleh Ahmed, 25, son of Abdul Malik.

The victims were admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Quoting the locals, OC of Goinghat police station Delwar Hossain said a gang of miscreants poured petrol and set fire to the house at dead of night while they were in deep sleep, keeping the window of the house open due to hot weather.

Local people rushed to the spot after they screamed for help. But the miscreants managed to escape. Of the injured, one is in critical condition, he added. Such crimes have become more frequent in the rural areas of Bangladesh for sometime. Local people have demanded exemplary punishment of perpetrators of the crime.

-UNB, Sylhet