Attempted murder case filed over ‘arson attack’ on Nusrat’s Kushtia home

An attempted murder case has been filed against eight named and 25-30 unidentified people over an alleged arson attack on the village home of reserved-seat MP Nusrat Tabassum in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia.

Nusrat herself filed the case with Daulatpur Police Station on Thursday night.

According to police, the named 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.

Earlier, a fire broke out at the MP's ancestral home in Baguan village of Daulatpur around 1:30am on Thursday.

Five of the tin-shed house's eight rooms were burned in the incident, while two goats also died in the fire.

Nusrat alleged that the attackers set fire to her house after throwing petrol bombs in an attempt to kill her family members.

Meanwhile, a senior police official said operations were underway to identify and arrest those involved in the attack.

He, however, declined to disclose the names of those named in the FIR for the sake of investigation.