Petrol bomb attack Shakib Al Hasans home hours after Sheikh Hasinas Delhi presser
Police said a group of unidentified people damaged the house by throwing bricks and stones, breaking windows, and trying to set the property on fire.
PTC News Desk: The house of former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan was attacked in Magura district on Wednesday evening, just hours after he took part in an online media interaction with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who addressed the event from Delhi.
Police said a group of unidentified people damaged the house by throwing bricks and stones, breaking windows, and trying to set the property on fire. Some local reports claimed petrol bombs were also thrown, but police have not officially confirmed this. The attack happened around 8:45 pm local time. Residents said they heard loud blast-like sounds, which they described as similar to firecrackers.
"Several miscreants threw brick chips at the house and vandalised windows. They also tried to set the house on fire," Magura Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdullah Al Mamun.
The attack came after Shakib joined a media interaction addressed virtually by Sheikh Hasina from Delhi. The event was organised by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia.
During the interaction, Hasina defended her government's handling of the July-August 2024 unrest and claimed the student-led uprising that led to her ouster was a "meticulously designed" regime-change operation rather than a spontaneous protest.
A video shared by Hasina's party, the Awami League, also captured firecracker-like sounds outside Shakib's house. Shakib, 39, is a former Awami League MP from the Magura-1 constituency.
No one was injured in the attack. Police were deployed outside the house after the incident, but the attackers have not been identified and the reason behind the attack is still unknown.
The incident came shortly after Shakib joined a virtual media event organised by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia, where Sheikh Hasina defended her government's handling of the July-August 2024 unrest. She claimed the student-led movement that removed her from power was a carefully planned regime-change operation and not a spontaneous protest.