Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- A child has been killed and three other people injured after an alleged arson attack on the home of a BNP leader in Lakshmipur.

The incident occurred late on Friday night in the Sutargupta area of Char Mansa village in Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila, according to Md Wahid Parvez, chief of Lakshmipur Sadar Model Police Station.

Police said the attackers locked the door of the house from outside before pouring petrol around the building and setting it on fire.

The victim, 7-year-old Ayesha Akter, was the daughter of Belal Hossain, a fertiliser and pesticide trader at the Sutar Guptа market and joint organising secretary of the Bhabaniganj Union BNP.

Belal and his other daughters, Bithi Akter and Smriti Akter, also suff...