India, Jan. 16 -- Unknown miscreants set the house of a Hindu teacher in Bangladesh on fire in the country's Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet district, media reports said.

It is not clear when the incident occurred in the country where the minorities have been facing repeated harassment in recent times.

A video of the incident has been widely circulated online.

In the video, people could be seen escaping the burning house.

The teacher could be identified as Bikash Ranjan Deb.

He was working as a teacher at Gowainghat High School.

Deb informed the police that he had no personal or family enemies.

He said the area where he stayed saw both the Hindus and Muslims living in harmony together.

Police visited the house of the victim following...