Plaintiff says prime suspect dropped from Christian Colony arson case

She claims police took a “token case” and says she is now facing threats

The prime suspect accused in an attack, arson, and looting incident in a Christian neighbourhood in Barishal’s Wazirpur, has allegedly been left out of the police case.

Adhora Baroi, who filed the case, made the allegation at a press conference at her home in the colony on Friday afternoon.

She said the incident took place around 2am on Jul 1 when she heard sounds of her door being struck with sharp weapons.

As she began shouting for help, local residents rushed in and found her goat farm behind the house on fire.

They managed to extinguish the blaze.

Afterwards, she discovered that 18 of her 38 goats were missing, while one had died in the fire.

On her way back, she also saw that over a hundred fruiting papaya trees had been destroyed.

Adhora called the national emergency number 999 and was advised to visit the police station, where she lodged a formal complaint.

She, however, alleged that police only named the owner of a mobile phone found at the scene as the accused, “ignoring” the main suspect.

“Police have filed a showpiece case,” she said. “Because of that, I’m now receiving threats from the other party.”

Adhora added that she plans to approach a senior police officer in her pursuit of justice.

When contacted over the allegations, the phone of Abdus Salam, the chief of Uzirpur Model Police Station, was answered by Sub-Inspector Jyotirmoy Halder.

He said, “I’ll speak to journalists about the matter later.”