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Saturday | November 14, 2026 | Dhaka

Opposition team visits arson-hit MP’s home

Nusrat files attempted murder case against eight
 Staff Reporter
 Published: 12:01 AM, 14 November 2026

A parliamentary team from the opposition visited the fire-damaged ancestral home of reserved-seat MP Nusrat Tabassum in Kushtia on Friday afternoon, demanding scrutiny of an alleged arson attack that the lawmaker has blamed on political opponents.

The team arrived at her residence in Baguan village under Daulatpur upazila around 3:00pm, according to a press release signed by Yeasir Arafat, media secretary of the National Citizen Party (NCP). After inspecting the damaged house, the MPs held a press briefing.

The delegation comprised NCP joint conveners and MPs Advocate Abdullah Al Amin and Mahmuda Alam Mitu, Chuadanga-1 MP Md Masud Parves and Kushtia-2 MP Md Abdul Gafur.

Speaking at the briefing after the inspection, NCP joint convener and MP Advocate Abdullah Al Amin described the incident as planned sabotage, allegedly carried out following threats from the Awami League.

He criticised Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed for playing down the incident by describing the residence as an ‘abandoned house’ and suggesting that an electrical short circuit had caused the fire. Such behaviour, he said, had continued throughout the Awami League’s tenure.

Earlier on Thursday night, Nusrat filed an attempted murder case with Daulatpur Police Station over the alleged arson attack. The case names eight people and 25 to 30 unidentified individuals as accused.

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 BCL unit, the president and general secretary of the district Jubo League, and the president and general secretary of the Daulatpur upazila unit of the Swechchhasebak League.

A fire broke out at the MP’s ancestral home in Baguan village around 1:30am on Thursday, gutting five of the eight rooms in the tin-shed house.

Two goats also died in the incident.
Nusrat alleged that the attackers hurled petrol bombs at the house and set it on fire in an attempt to kill her family members.