Jamaat Ameer condemns attack on NCP MP Nusrat’s home, demands exemplary punishment

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman has condemned the attack and arson at the residence of National Citizen Party (NCP) MP Nusrat Tabassum Jyoti in Kushtia, demanding exemplary punishment for those responsible.

In a statement posted on his official Facebook page on Thursday, Shafiqur described the attack as cowardly and called on the authorities to identify those involved, bring them to justice and ensure strict punishment.

The attack took place shortly after midnight on Wednesday at Nusrat’s home in Bagowan village of Daulatpur upazila.

Warning the government against failing to take action, Shafiqur said it would have to pay a heavy price if it failed to fulfil its responsibility.

“There is no room for sitting idle in silence,” he said.

Nusrat Tabassum, a joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), a member of parliament and one of the six coordinators forcibly detained by the Detective Branch (DB) in July, has alleged on earliest hours of Thursday that a petrol bomb was thrown at her family home in Kushtia setting it on fire.