Fire set at Grameen Bank regional office in Sylhet's Shahjalal Upashahar, documents and car damaged

A fire was set at the Grameen Bank regional office in Shahjalal Upashahar in Sylhet city.

At around 2:45am on Saturday night, unidentified people set fire to the north and east sides of the office.

Md Abul Hossain, manager of Grameen Bank's Sylhet regional office, said their office is at house 232/1 on Road 1 of Block H in Shahjalal Upashahar.

According to Abul Hossain, the attackers brought liquid fuel in polythene packets and first set fire to the north side of the building and then to the east side. The fire was then set to his car kept in the garage.

Some important documents of the office were damaged. The regional manager's car kept in the garage was also damaged.

A bank employee saw the fire and alerted others. The Fire Service and Shahparan police station were then informed.

Before the Fire Service and police reached the spot, however, bank officials and employees, with the help of several local people, brought the fire under control.

On the damage, Abul Hossain said the burned documents included important papers. He initially estimated the total loss at around one lakh taka. The actual amount of damage has not yet been determined, he said.

Abul Hossain filed a general diary (GD) with Shahparan police station as the complainant in the incident.

Confirming the GD, Ferdous Ahmad, officer-in-charge of Shahparan police station, said police have started an investigation into the incident. Details can be given after the investigation ends, he said.