Miscreants reportedly set fire to a courtroom of Paikgacha Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Khulna early Wednesday.
Sources said that people saw fire at Paikgacha Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Courtm when they went to the mosques for Fazr prayers. Later, they brought the fire under control.
The docks for the accused and the sitting place of the lawyers were burnt in the incident.
Additional law and order forces have been deployed in the court district.
Meanwhile, Khulna district Superintendent of Police Saidur Rahman, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Muhammad Al-Amin, Assistant Superintendent of Police Saiful Islam, Judicial Magistrate Anwarul Islam, and members of various intelligence agencies visited the scene and collected various evidences from the spot.
