RAJBIRAJ: An unidentified group of people have set a shop at Birula Chok of Dighawa-3 of Saptari district on Sunday.

A cloth store owned by local Tajmul Miya was set ablaze at around 1 pm today by an unknown group of people, informed local people.

As the attackers had poured petrol all over the shop, dousing it too longer time. Consequently, property worth around Rs 200,000 turned into ashes, claimed Miya

The fire had gutted his tailoring machine, clothes, table and chair among all the properties inside the shop.

The attackers are not yet identified while their motive is also not ascertained.

However, Miya claimed that he was threatened by a local person on Saturday.

He would file a case against that person at the District Police Office, the shop keeper informed.