One held for setting fire to Union Health Centre in Sirajganj

One held for setting fire to Union Health Centre in Sirajganj

Sirajganj, May 22 - Police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in an arson attack in the storeroom of Chauladanga Union Health Center of Kazipur Upazila in Sirajganj.

However, police did not disclose the name of the arrestee for the sake of investigation, said Shahidul Islam, OC of Kazipur police station.

He said that Deputy Assistant Community Medical Officer Moniruzzaman went to the storeroom on Monday night.

In the small hours on Tuesday, the miscreants called him and before realizing anything, they started beating him up. At one point, they set fire to the storeroom and tried to kill him.

Hearing his screams, locals came to the spot and informed the fire service.

On information, firefighters with the help of police managed to tame the blaze.

The injured Medical Officer Moniruzzaman was rescued by the police and admitted to a local hospital.

A huge amount of medicine and other medical equipment in the storeroom burnt due to the fire.

Police suspected that Moniruzzaman's relatives might have been involved in this incident as there has been a dispute between them regarding land acquisition. Besides, several cases are also going on.

On Wednesday morning, a case was filed against 10 named and 15 unnamed people following a complaint lodged by Moniruzzaman.-UNB