The house of a Swechchasebak Dal activist was set on fire by some miscreants at village Jamalpur of Bheramara upazila in Kushtia on early Saturday.
Quoting local people, Nazmul Hossain, sub-inspector of Kuchiamora police camp said, a group of armed people carried out attack on the house of Lal Chand, a member of Bahadurpur union unit Swechchhaasebak Dal, around 1:00am and set the room of his brother Subol Ahmed, an activist of local unit Juba Dal, on fire.
Later, they also hurled crude bombs while fleeing the scene, creating panic among people.
However, local people managed to put the fire under control.
On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered two unexploded crude bombs from the spot.
Subol Ahmed alleged that the attack was carried out by rival political groups.
‘They vandalised my room, set it on fire and exploded bombs and even fired shots,’ he claimed.
Subol further alleged that Bahadurpur UP chairman Sohel Rana Pabon along with Raton Haji and Alamgir from the Kuchiamora area carried out the attack.