Administration should identify those behind the attack: Nusrat
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Nusrat Tabassum, a reserved-seat member of parliament and joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), believes the fire at her village home was an act of political sabotage.
“We have informed the administration of the names of the suspects. The administration will investigate and identify those responsible,” she said while visiting her village home on Thursday.
After reviewing CCTV footage, she suspects that the incident involved a petrol bomb attack.
“I have no personal enmity with anyone in my constituency. I do not believe anyone from my constituency could be involved in this act. However, if anyone is involved, it is the administration’s responsibility to identify them,” Nusrat said.
She further said, “This is certainly not because of any personal enmity. This is political sabotage. The CCTV footage here shows four attempts to set the house on fire. Since a sound was heard, there is no room to think otherwise.”
Locals said a fire broke out following a loud explosion at the Dangmardanga house in Bagowan village of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia, Nusrat Tabassum’s ancestral home, around midnight on Wednesday.
Nusrat alleged that petrol bombs were thrown to set fire to her village home. Her fellow activists from the July uprising have blamed the ousted Awami League for the attack.
Locals said the fire was set at a single-story tin-shed house. The Fire Service extinguished the blaze around 2:00am.
Shah Alam, caretaker of the house, said something resembling a bomb exploded and landed on the tin roof. The fire spread throughout the house within moments.
Nusrat, a University of Dhaka student, was a coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement that led the movement resulting in the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in 2024.
She currently serves as a joint convener of the NCP, a political party formed through the initiative of young activists who participated in the movement. She was nominated by the NCP for a reserved women’s seat in the 13th parliamentary election and became a member of parliament.
