‘Be ready, Razakar’: Shroud, threat note left for NCP leader’s home in Rajshahi

A National Citizen Party leader in Rajshahi’s Mohanpur has alleged that unidentified assailants tried to set fire to his home before leaving a burial shroud and a threatening note.

The note, written in Bengali, read: “Be ready, Razakar. Take your parents’ blessings. Your days are over. Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu”.

Khalid Hasan Milu, a member of the NCP’s Rajshahi district coordination committee and former organiser of the Students Against Discrimination, said the attack took place late on Saturday in his native Dhurail village.

According to Milu, the assailants poured petrol and lit a fire outside his house around 11:30pm, moments after he returned home.

“Someone outside said, ‘Come out and see.’ When I stepped out, I saw flames on a tin wall and smelled petrol,” he said.

Neighbours and a night guard helped extinguish the fire, he said.

Police later recovered the shroud and note from the scene.

“Because of the rain, the house was wet and the fire didn’t spread,” Milu added, claiming the message’s “Joy Bangla” slogan indicated who was behind it.

NCP District Joint Coordinator Nahidul Islam Saju called the incident “shameful”, blaming “Awami League activists”.

Mohanpur police chief Ataur Rahman said officers were dispatched and action would follow if a formal complaint was filed.