More AL leaders' houses destroyed in districts

FE Team | Published: February 08, 2025 00:33:43

A number of houses of Awami League (AL) leaders have been destroyed in different districts, reports UNB,
In Khulna, protestors vandalised and looted a warehouse on ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ancestral property in Dighalia upazila of Khulna, said locals on Friday morning.
Witnesses said the mayhem began at 10:30pm on Thursday in the Nagarghat area with various anti-AL slogans.
It was learned that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman purchased one acre and 44 decimals of land in Nagarghat near the Bhairab River, in his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib's name during the Pakistani period.
In Dhaka, a fire has been set at the house of AL Presidium Member Sheikh Selim at Banani.
The fire was set around 1:30 am on Friday, but due to a lack of police protection, the Fire Service was delayed and was not able to reach the scene until 2:45 am.
Unruly crowds set the fire at Selim's residence in Banani. Security concerns prevented the Fire Service vehicles from accessing the site immediately, Fire Service control room duty officer said.
In Pirojpur, an angry mob has set the house of former minister SM Rezaul Karim on fire in Pirojpur's Nazirpur Upazila.
The violence began when the enraged mob vandalised and set fire to Karim's residence, located in Nazirpur on Thursday night.
The attackers also vandalised the local Awami League office and the home of Mosharaf Hossain Khan, former upazila chairman and president of Nazirpur Upazila Awami League. The house of Karim's brother, Nure Alam Shaheen, a former Upazila chairman, was similarly targeted and set ablaze.
Eyewitnesses said that the unrest began around 8:30 pm when a group of angry students gathered in the town and marched through various streets, wreaking havoc on political offices and the homes of former Awami League representatives. The mob, which continued its rampage until midnight, also destroyed the homes of Nazirpur Upazila Jubo League General Secretary Chanchal Kanti Bishwa and Upazila Vice Chairman Sheikh Mostafizur Rahman.
In Rajshahi, the front part of the residence of AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and member of the Awami League presidium, has been demolished on the outskirts of the city.
According to eyewitnesses, the demolition began at around 11:00 pm on Thursday when a bulldozer started tearing down the structure. By midnight, the front section of Liton's three-storey house had been completely destroyed.
Angry crowds gathered at the scene and chanted slogans against the former mayor as they watched the demolition.