Five of the eight rooms in the family home of Nusrat Tabassum, a reserved-seat MP, National Citizen Party (NCP) leader and one of the six coordinators forcibly detained by the Detective Branch (DB) in July, were gutted in a fire following a petrol bomb attack in Kushtia shortly after midnight on Thursday.

Speaking to Daily Waadaa on Thursday morning, Nusrat said children, elderly people and sick family members were inside the house when the attack took place, leaving everyone terrified.

“My family has never faced anything like this before. Everyone was extremely frightened. There were several young children, as well as elderly and sick people in the house. Five of the eight rooms were completely gutted. That alone gives an idea of the situation. Several livestock also died,” she said.

She said such an incident could not have happened if the rule of law had been properly maintained in the country.

Two goats were burnt to death in the fire. The MP's parents live in a separate three-storey building beside the single-storey tin-roofed house, which was not affected by the fire.

No family members were injured in the incident.

In a Facebook post following the attack, Nusrat said she did not know who had carried it out but vowed that it would not silence her. She also shared photographs of the damage, saying the house had been built by her grandfather and was where her family had grown up.

Meanwhile, the NCP Media Cell released a video showing the aftermath of the fire and alleged that Awami League activists were behind the attack.

Nusrat is the joint convener of the NCP, a member of its Political Council and the member secretary of the party's female wing.