Kushtia:An attempted murder case has been filed against eight identified individuals and 25-30 unidentified people following an alleged arson attack on the village home of reserved-seat Member of Parliament Nusrat Tabassum in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Nusrat herself lodged the case with Daulatpur Police Station on Thursday night. The accused include the president and general secretary of the Daulatpur upazila unit of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the president and general secretary of the Kushtia district unit of BCL, the president and general secretary of the district unit of Jubo League, and the president and general secretary of the Daulatpur upazila unit of Swechchhasebak League.
The incident occurred when a fire broke out at the MP's ancestral home in Baguan village of Daulatpur around 130 a.m. on Thursday. As a result, five out of the eight rooms of the tin-shed house were burned, and two goats died in the blaze.
Nusrat alleged that the attackers threw petrol bombs to set her house on fire, intending to kill her family members. Meanwhile, a senior police official stated that operations are underway to identify and apprehend those responsible for the attack, though he refrained from disclosing the names mentioned in the FIR to facilitate the investigation.