, Oct. 25 -- The houses of three suspects in the murder of a Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal worker were set on fire in the Satla area of Wazirpur upazila on Saturday night.

The fire was set to the houses of Sajal Molla, 38, and Shamim Molla, 36, sons of Farid Molla of Alamdi village, around 10:00pm. The house of another accused, Iqbal Hossain alias Nannu Molla, also came under the arson attack.

The arson followed the killing of Jubo Dal worker Kawsar Howlader, 37, who was hacked to death in the Satla area on Friday night.

According to witness Rashed Amin Howlader, who was also injured in the incident, the attack took place near the Satla Bridge.

He said they took shelter in a nearby house while trying to escape.

However, a group of 18 to 20 p...