The house of Limon's family was set on fire allegedly by supporters of the secretary of Saturia union unit Awami League in Jhalakathi's Rajapur early yesterday. It was apparently done to grab another piece of land of theirs in the same area.

Limon's father Tofazzel Hossain alleged that some 15-20 people, led by Humayun, secretary of ruling AL Saturia union unit, attacked the house around 3:00am.

The attackers also vanda lised the under construction building on the piece of land and took away construction materials -- brick, cement and iron rod -- from the house, he said.

He also alleged that the secretary had earlier demanded Tk 50,000 from them. 

“At first, they torched the kitchen and then the house. I woke up seeing the fire and quickly came out of the house screaming for help. Some of my neighbours and family members came with water and doused the fire,” Tofazzel said.

Construction of the building started two weeks ago, he said.

On information, police rushed to the spot and caught an attacker red-handed when he was vandalising the under construction building in the morning, said Md Arefin, officer- in-charge of Rajapur Police Station.

Contacted, AL leader Humayun denied his involvement in the attack. He also dismissed the allegation of demanding money from Limon's family.

Police will take action against the attackers after getting a written complaint, added the OC.

On March 23, 2011, college student Limon Hossain was shot and maimed by Rab members during a raid near his home in Saturia while he was fetching cattle home.

His mother filed a case against five Rab personnel for maiming Limon, which is under a fresh investigation after an order of additional district and sessions judge of Jhalakathi.