Petrol Poured and Fire Set at Grameen Bank Branch

Local correspondent

Unidentified miscreants poured petrol and set fire to a Grameen Bank branch in Bijoynagar, Brahmanbaria.

Some furniture and bank documents were burned in the incident, but the money vault was not damaged, bank officials said.

The incident took place at the Chandura branch of Grameen Bank in the Chandura area of ​​the upazila on the night of Tuesday, November 11.

Kalim Uddin, manager of the bank’s Chandura branch, said that around 2 am on Tuesday, petrol was poured from outside and set on fire. The night guard, upon realizing the matter, informed them. The fire was immediately brought under control with the help of locals.

Upon receiving the information, the fire service arrived and completely extinguished the fire. The officer said that a written complaint will be filed with the police station in this regard.

The reporter spoke to the locals to find out about the arson incident. In response to a question whether he thought any political party was involved, local businessman Sagir Uddin said, “Many people are angry with Grameen Bank. Especially if this bank, which sucks the blood of ordinary poor people, is destroyed, only the poor people will be happy. I don’t want to say anything more than that.”

A school teacher, who did not want to be named, said, “Whoever caused this incident, the administration will try to give it a political color, the common people have understood this from their words. If someone from a political party had been involved, the bank would have been completely reduced to ashes, they would not have created panic by burning chairs and tables.”

Bijoynagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shahidul Islam said that the incident site was inspected after receiving the information. The matter is being investigated as to who started the fire.