Newly-wed couple killed in Birbhum Arson
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A newly-wed couple was killed in an arson in Bengal’s Birbhum. At least eight people have died in the violence.
An eerie silence has gripped the Bagtui and Nanoor villages in West Bengal after a newly-wed couple became the victims of the Birbhum arson.
The couple, Lily Khatoon and Qazi Sajidur, got married in January. They were visiting Lily Khatoon’s maternal home in Bagtui village.
During midnight, Sajidur called his friend Majim and informed him that someone had locked him and his wife in a house and had set it on fire. Sajidur asked Majim to call the police.
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Mahim informed Sajidur's father about the phone call. When Sajidur’s father tried to call him, the attempts failed.
The next day, in the morning, the burnt bodies of the couple were found.
Nearly a dozen houses were set ablaze in Rampurhat village in Bengal’s Birbhum district on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, including two children. The state government formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by ADG (CID) Gyanwant Singh to probe the matter. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sought a report on the arson incident within 72 hours.
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