National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Convener and reserved-seat MP Nusrat Tabassum Jyoti has alleged that petrol bombs were thrown at her ancestral home in Daulatpur, Kushtia, from outside, setting it on fire. However, police could not immediately verify the allegation. Nusrat suspects the incident was an act of political sabotage.
 
The fire broke out shortly after midnight (12 November) in Bagoan village, in the Dangmorka area of Daulatpur upazila. Seven of the 10 rooms in the tin-shed house were gutted, while two goats died from burn injuries.
 
Local residents and a team from Bheramara Fire Service rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control.
 
Nusrat arrived at her village home from Dhaka this morning and reviewed the CCTV footage installed at the property. She claimed the footage showed repeated attempts to set fire to the house. However, police could not immediately verify the allegation that petrol bombs had been thrown at the property.
 
"After reviewing the CCTV footage, I suspect someone tried to set fire to the house four times from the rear. I believe petrol bombs were thrown at it. I have no personal enmity with anyone. I consider this an act of political sabotage," Nusrat said.
 
She added that no members of her family lived in the house. The caretaker's family stayed there, while she also operated a farm on the property.
 
Additional Superintendent of Police Delwar Hossain of Bheramara Circle said police were investigating whether the fire was an act of sabotage.
 
"The house of reserved-seat MP Nusrat Tabassum caught fire. We are looking into whether it was an act of sabotage. The family has alleged that petrol bombs were thrown at the house. The matter is under investigation," he said.
 
Nusrat's father, Abdul Halim, described hearing a loud noise before discovering the fire.
 
"We had finished dinner and were sitting and talking when a loud noise shook the windows of our house. Later, we came to know about the fire. We used to live in that house. It is our ancestral home. We will take legal action over the incident," he said.
 
Caretaker Shah Alam Saban said he was asleep when he heard several loud noises and found the house on fire.
 
"Local people came and tried to put out the fire. Everything belonging to my family was burnt. I lived here with my wife and children," he said.
 
Jalal Hossain, who looks after Nusrat's farm, said there were nine adult cows, along with goats, ducks, chickens and pigeons on the property.
 
Local residents helped evacuate the livestock after the fire broke out, but two goats died from burn injuries, he said.
 
According to local sources, a three-storey building stands beside the fire-damaged tin-shed house. Family members live on its third floor, but the fire did not spread to the building.
 
Nusrat Tabassum Jyoti is an NCP joint convener and chief organiser of the party's women's wing, Jatiya Nari Shakti. She is the MP for reserved women's seat-50 in the 13th National Parliament. Her father, Abdul Halim, is a former headteacher of Bagoan KVN Secondary School.