An attempted murder case has been filed over a fire at the residence of Nusrat Tabassum, a reserved-seat member of parliament and joint convenor of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila.
Kushtia Additional Superintendent of Police Faisal Mahmud confirmed that Nusrat lodged the complaint with Daulatpur Police Station on Thursday night with naming eight local leaders and accusing 25 to 30 unidentified activists of banned Awami League affiliates Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jubo League and Swechchhasebak League.
"The MP submitted a complaint naming eight people and accusing another 25 to 30 unidentified individuals. It has been formally registered" Kushtia Additional Superintendent of Police Faisal Mahmud said.
The named accused are Kushtia district BCL President Mir Ahsanul Islam Abhi and General Secretary Pantha Shahariar Arpan, Daulatpur upazila BCL President Ashik Shikder and Joint Convenor Md Ridoy, district Jubo League President Mir Saiful and General Secretary Harun Or Rashid and Daulatpur upazila Swechchhasebak League President Md Mominur Rahman Mohon and General Secretary Shariful Islam.
The blaze broke out at Nusrat’s family home early Thursday and burning five rooms of the tin-roofed house and killing two goats.
At a press conference at her home on Thursday afternoon, Nusrat Tabassum alleged that political opponents carried out a petrol bomb attack. However, police and firefighters reported finding no evidence of petrol bombs or explosives at the site while the electricity department ruled out an electrical short circuit.
According to the Fire Service’s preliminary assessment, the fire may have been deliberately set over a "pre-existing dispute."
