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Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 01 2009:
A hotel located at the crowded Keishampat junction near Churachandpur bus parking was set on fire by two unidentified youths with petrol this afternoon.
The unidentified youths sneaked into the hotel when its proprietor Dasrath Yadav (38), his son Krishnakumar Yadav (19) and other attendants were having their meal at about 1.30 pm.
They poured petrol brought in a plastic bottle of two litre capacity and set the hotel on fire.
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The fire which started from the store room, also used as bed room by the hotel attendants was doused by fire tenders before it engulfed the whole structure.
Before committing the arson, the unidentified youths who came on a motorcycle (CBZ) of olive green colour, had two parathas at the hotel.
They also paid for it, said Krishnakumar Yadav.
He sustained a minor injury on the left palm.
Hotel manager Dasrath Yadav who hailed from Seema village of Samastipur district, Bihar is staying in rented rooms at Nagamapal.
He said that there is no monetary demand from any group or individual.
It is only three months since he started running the hotel.
Earlier, he was a tea hawker at Khwairamband Keithels, Dasrath said.
Some clothes kept in the store room have been destroyed by the fire but the exact monetary value cannot be ascertained as yet, said police sources.
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