Fire at Panchagarh court destroys case documents

PANCHAGARH, Nov 7 (UNB): Documents relating to several hundred cases at the Joint District Judge’s court were burnt to ashes by a fire that broke out at the courtroom on Friday.

Police said Azhar Ali, night guard of the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, noticed smoke billowing out of the Joint District Judge’s court around 7am and informed the fire service.

The fire fighters rushed to the spot and doused the blaze around 7:30am.

Several hundred case records, computer and furniture of the courtroom were burnt to cinders by that time.