Agartala, Nov 19 (TIWN): In a mysterious fire broke out, a huge number of vital documents were gutted at the office of Kathalia Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) under Jatrapur police station in the wee-hours of Tuesday night. According to the locals, with an attempt to conceal the alleged misappropriation of project funds in Kathalia CDPO office, some corrupt people might have set the office on fire.

The residents adjacent to the CDPO office after noticing the devastating fire in the wee-hours of last night rushed to the spot and informed to fire station, said police. After receiving the information, a fire-engine and a vast contingent of police rushed to the place of occurrence and quenched the fire, informed police.

Surprisingly, the residents again noticed inferno at the CDPO office for second term in the early morning at around 4 am.

However, no loss of life or injury to any person was reported in the inferno, police said.  The cause of the fire was not immediately known. The flames were later brought under control by efforts of firemen and locals, police informed. Police are investigating the matter.

It is to be noted here; a wind of corruption is blowing by the CPI-M led state government across the state. At such situation, the locals adjacent to Kathalia CDPO office under the Chief Minister’s assembly constituency after witnessing fire broke out for two times, suspect that some of the allegedly corrupt people might have intentionally set the office on fire to hide misappropriation of project funds.