Attackers to face strict action over attack on NCP MP’s house: Rashed

Prime Minister’s Political Assistant Rashed Khan has vowed strict action against those responsible for a petrol bomb attack on the family village home of Nusrat Tabassum, a reserved-seat MP and joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila.

In a Facebook post on Thursday, Rashed Khan strongly condemned the attack and said those involved would not be spared, alleging that baned Awami League activists were behind the arson attack.

He said, the incident took place at an old tin-shed house belonging to Tabassum’s father in their ancestral village. The property, located around 20 metres from the family’s three-storey residence, is used for keeping cattle, ducks, chickens, pigeons and old household items. A caretaker also lives there.

Citing information from local authorities, Rashed Khan said several petrol bombs were thrown at the house from the roadside in succession.

He added that while CCTV cameras are installed around the family’s newer residence, there are no surveillance cameras near the old house, making it somewhat difficult to identify those responsible.

Rashed said the Superintendent of Kushtia Police, the officer in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station and other local law enforcement officials were conducting operations to arrest suspected perpetrators.

''A specialised police team is also expected to travel from Dhaka to assist in gathering detailed information about the incident.''

Rashed Khan added that the government had already instructed the police and local administration to take appropriate action.

Expressing hope that those responsible would be arrested soon, he said the government was committed to firmly confronting any attacks, arson or acts of sabotage by what he described as Awami League elements targeting participants in the July mass uprising.

“No leniency will be shown to those involved in the petrol bomb attack on Nusrat Tabassum’s ancestral home.''

He also called on forces associated with the July uprising to remain vigilant alongside the government in confronting what he termed the Awami League’s destructive activities.