In a fire that broke out in the thatched house of a minority community man on Monday night, property worth over a few lakhs of rupees was gutted.
Besides, 14 goats were charred to death and the house owner too got injured.
Reports said that the incident occurred in Singharapur village in Ujalapur hamlet six km away from here.
Asraf Ali Khan and his four family members were resting in his mud house on Monday night, when all of a sudden the house caught fire.
Though the victim family members cried for help but nobody moved to rescue them.
Asraf’s wife Jamilla Bibi who lodged an FIR in Jagatsinghpur police station on Tuesday however alleged that one of their neighbours, Yusuf Khan and his kin, set fire to her house.
She alleged to have seen Yusuf pouring kerosene before fire broke out. Meanwhile, police have not started an investigation.
Neither has the victim family been provided any rehabilitation, despite approaching the local administration.