Early on Saturday, unidentified men set fire to a laboratory in a private school in Padarayanapura coming under J.J. Nagar police station limits.
According to the police, several goods, including LED TV sets, CCTV cameras, 16 computers and many important documents were gutted in the fire in the ground floor of Subhash Memorial English Medium School.
The fire was reported around 3.20 a.m. by a neighbour, Ismail, who reportedly heard sounds of crackers and went to check. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
The school’s head mistress Saira Banu filed a complaint with the police.
“We are verifying the CCTV footage. We are yet to ascertain their motive. The damage has been estimated at Rs. 2 lakh,” said an investigating officer.
