A gang of criminals burned down the house of a freedom fighter in Narsingdi on the early hours of Thursday, following a failed attempt to murder him at the Hasanhata village in the district’s Palash upazila.
Police and witnesses said 10-12 criminals tried to kill Mohammad Ali, the commander of Muktijoddha Sangsad’s Danga union unit, after attacking him at his house with weapons. Ali managed to flee and shouted for help, as the criminals set his house on fire.
The fire gutted down all the furniture and valuables in the house, before firefighters from Palash upazila were able to tame the blaze.
Freedom fighters of the district held a rally at Danga Union’s Muktijoddha Sangsad office yesterday evening, protesting the attack.
Chaired by former Muktijoddha Sangsad district commander Abdur Rashid Molla, speakers at the rally urged authorities concerned to take necessary action against the culprits