Kushtia:A petrol bomb was thrown at the residence of National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nusrat Tabassum Joty in Baguan village, located in the Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, late on Wednesday night, resulting in a fire outbreak.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Nusrat Tabassum Joty, a reserved-seat Member of Parliament, reported that unidentified attackers hurled the petrol bomb at her family home, injuring her parents and other family members. Nusrat revealed the incident in a Facebook post early Thursday morning, expressing uncertainty about the identity of the attackers.
The attack occurred at approximately 1145 p.m. on Wednesday at Nusrat's ancestral home in Daulatpur. The Officer-in-Charge of Daulatpur Police Station, Khaledur Rahman, stated that the fire started in a shed used for storing cattle. The fire was controlled with the assistance of neighbors before firefighters arrived, preventing major damage.
Meanwhile, the NCP media cell, in a Facebook post, accused activists from the Awami League of carrying out the attack on Nusrat Tabassum, who is the Joint Convener and a Political Council member of the party. NCP Media Secretary Yasir Arafat mentioned their suspicion that Awami League activists were behind the assault.