‘Targeted for being a July coordinator’: Samantha on attack on Nusrat’s home

Former National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Samantha Sharmin has said NCP MP Nusrat Tabassum’s home was targeted because of her role as a coordinator of the July Uprising, rather than her position as a lawmaker or party leader.

In a Facebook post on Thursday, Samantha alleged that Awami League activists had set fire to Nusrat’s home. She also said it would be a mistake to assume that the identities of Nusrat, Hasib and other July Uprising leaders were a source of fear only for the Awami League.

Samantha also criticised the interim government, the current ruling party and the main opposition, accusing all three of failing to ensure the safety of those who led the July Uprising.

Questioning the role of the parliament elected in 2026, she said it must now prove whether it has any real necessity or effectiveness in protecting the July Uprising and its leaders.

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.