Houses of Pirojpur AL President, his brother set on fire

The houses of Pirojpur district Awami League president and former MP AKMA Awal and his brother, municipal mayor Habibur Rahman Malek, were set on fire in Pirojpur town, along with the houses of various local Awami League leaders.

The arson and vandalism took place late on Wednesday (February 5) night.
It was learnt that students and the public protested in Pirojpur at night over a speech given on social media by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled during the August 5 uprising.

They protested by taking out a procession on various streets of the town from 9:30 pm. Later, around midnight, the houses of Pirojpur District Awami League President AKMA Awal and his brother Habibur Rahman Malek, former mayor of Pirojpur Municipality and vice-president of the district Awami League, were vandalised and later set on fire.

SR