Hotel fire: Bangladeshi dies, another injured in Kolkata

A Bangladeshi woman died in a fire at a guest house on Kolkata's Mirza Ghalib Street early yesterday.

Three others, including another Bangladeshi national, were injured in the incident, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

The deceased, Samimatul Aros, 60, was from Parkansat village in Chapainawabganj's Shibganj upazila.

She went to India through the Gede border on Wednesday with his brother, eldest son and a grandson, said family members.

Samimatul and her brother were visiting Kolkata for treatment of heart disease, they added.

"The fire broke out at Rahbar Guest House on Mirza Ghalib Street under New Market police station around 4:00am today [yesterday]. Three guests were injured and the rest 16 were rescued," Kolkata police said in a release.

Samimatul died after being taken to SSKM Hospital, it said.

The injured Bangladeshi, Mehtab Alam, 42, was undergoing treatment at the hospital with 25 percent burns on his body, said hospital sources.

Officials from the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Kolkata and police visited the hospital.

Among the two other injured is Mainul Huq of West Bengal's Murshidabad.

The receptionist at the guesthouse said the fire started from the reception on the first floor of the building and it spread to other rooms.

Samimatul's daughter-in-law Sharmin Akhtar Jahan said one of their relatives from West Bengal's Malda district informed them about the incident.

"We are all shocked by the death of my mother-in-law who went to India for treatment," she said.

Sarafat Hossain, son of the deceased, said his mother and uncle visited a doctor on Friday and they were supposed to return home after seeing another physician within two or three days.

Family members expected that Samimatul's body would be brought home by today or tomorrow.

Our Chapainawabganj correspondent Rabiul Hasan contributed to this report.