Calcutta, Feb.10 :    Calcutta, Feb.10:  A fire broke out in a building at 41/1, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in central Calcutta early on Saturday. The building housed the offices of the now-closed Amrita Bazar Patrika and Jugantar. Twelve fire tenders battled the flames for over three hours to bring the blaze under control. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. No one was injured. 'The fire occurred in the basement of the building, where the printing press of the publishing house was located. The press is completely gutted', a fireman said. According to fire brigade sources, heaps of newsprint, oil, negatives and plates were stacked in the basement of the building which helped the fire to spread instantly. The fire seemed to go out of hand around 8 am when it began to spread from the basement to the upper floors. But it was brought under control soon after. 'I had come to a tubewell nearby when I saw smoke billowing out of the basement of the Jugantar building. Some of my neighbours informed the fire brigade,' said Srirup Mondal, who lives close by. 'All we saw was smoke,' said Sukanta Sau, who claimed to have alerted the fire brigade. The fire was brought under control around 10 am. Businessman shot A city businessman was shot from point-blank range at Phoolbagan on Saturday. Six men demanded money from Indrajit Ghosh who owns a confectionery shop on SK Dawn Road. When Ghosh refused to pay up, the miscreants shot Ghosh in the abdomen. They broke open the cash box and took away Rs 4000, after which they got into a waiting vehicle and sped off. Ghosh was taken to Nil Ratan Sirkar Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition. The bullet has been taken out from his body and his condition is stable now, the police said. The police will raid several places in Phoolbagan in search of Kotke Das, notorious for extorting money in the locality, who is believed to be behind the attack. No arrest has been made so far.