Suspected activists of Jamaat-Shibir launched an arson attack at the hometown residence of Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in Komolganj upazila of Moulvibazar, early Wednesday.
Kamalganj police station OC Nihar Ranjan Debnath confirmed the news to the Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “A gang of some 8 to 10 unidentified miscreants riding two motorbikes and one CNG-run Auto-rickshaw suddenly breached the house premises of the Justice, poured kerosene and set the house on fire sometime around 5:30am.
The miscreants fled the scene immediately after the arson attack. Later, locals rushed in and doused the blaze,” he added.
The OC further said police suspected that the “criminals” are activists of local Jamaat-Shibir.
Nilmoni Sinha, brother of SK Sinha, said: “I noticed the fire at around 5:30am and immediately went outside of my house. I saw three people fleeing the scene.”
He informed that some wooden furniture and window frames were damaged in the fire.
Police said investigation is underway and police was trying to catch those criminals.
Justice SK Sinha was one of the Justices of the Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court that revised Abdul Quader Molla's life sentence to death penalty.
