Miscreants tried to set a book stall on fire yesterday at Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka.
Prasenjit Roy, salesman of Platform Publication’s stall No 492, said some miscreants torched papers and threw them at the stall around 6pm yesterday.
Soon after the incident, the fire was doused before it could cause any damage to the stall, he continued.
Later, Jalal Ahmed, secretary of Amar Ekushey Book Fair Committee, visited the book stall and found the smell of kerosene on the spot.
Analysing CCTV footage, police found two youths suspiciously moving around the stall at the time of the incident, he added.