Devastating fire guts house, 9 shops in Belonia
Belonia, Mar 07, 2023, TRIPURA TIMES Desk
Belonia, March 07: A residential house along with nine shops adjacent to the house were gutted in fire at Belonia on Monday midnight and incurred a loss of approximately 22 lakhs.
The incident took place at Prabhati Bazar area, after the miscreants set ablaze the house of one Tamal Kanti Banik and nine shops adjacent to the house in fire.
According to the tenant Tamal Kanti Banik, some miscreants on Monday mid-night locked the door of his house from outside and set the house on fire to burn it into ashes. He said that the incident had incurred a huge loss for him. He however appealed to the government for
Although the reason behind the incident is yet to be known, but it is assumed that this sabotage was set due to some political revenge.
Alarmed by the incident, the SDM Ratan Bhowmik on Tuesday visited the incident spot and took stock of the situation. He assured of proper investigation of the incident. He also assured financial aid for the victim family.
On the other hand, the local BJP leader Gautam Sarkar also visited the victim family on Tuesday and extended some financial aid to the family.