Arson
alleged
Two minority women of a family burnt alive in Patiya
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/08/09/d3080901055.htm
Picture (DailyStarNews dated August 09, 2003):Family
members of Bijoy Biswas sift through the ruins in the hope of retrieving
valuables after a fire reduced to ashes their house at Batua village in
Chittagong yesterday. The blaze burnt to death two women -- Supta, 20, newlywed
wife of Bijoy (right) and his sister Tinku, 18. Mystery shrouds the fire as
Bijoy had a strained relationship with his father-in-law over his marriage.
Photo: STAR
Two
women of a family were burnt alive as miscreants allegedly set fire to a house
in Patiya in the early hours of yesterday. The miscreants locked the house from outside and fired gunshots during the
incident, neighbours alleged.
Police said the fire broke out at the tin-shed house of Bijoy Biswas at Batua
village at around 1am while all of the family were asleep.
The dead were identified as Supta, 20, newly-wed wife of Bijoy Biswas, and
his sister Tinku Biswas, 18.
Bijoy and his another sister, Rinku Biswas, managed to come out of the
burning house with severe injuries, police said.
They were admitted to the Patiya Upazila health complex and later shifted to
the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) as their condition deteriorated.
The house was completely gutted in the fire, police and witnesses said.
According to sources, Bijoy Biswas had a strained relationship with his
father-in-law who did not give his consent to the marriage.
Anju Biswas,mother of Bijoy Biswas,and some neighbours alleged that a gang of
miscreants torched the house at the instigation of Bijoy's father-in-law.
Bijoy's younger brother Samiran Biswas alleged that the gang used gunpowder
to set the house afire.Anju Biswas and Samiran were not at their house at the
time of the incident. | 
