Dhaka, April 16 -- A straw shed at the ancestral home of Saddam Hussain, president of the now-banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), has been burnt down in Panchagarh's Atwari Upazila.

No casualties were reported in the incident.

The fire broke out shortly after midnight on Tuesday at South Satkhamar in Ward 8 of Boda Municipality, police said.

"At around 1am, someone set fire to our straw shed," said Saddam's mother Anwara Begum.

"Neighbours noticed the fire and began shouting. Locals rushed to help, and later, personnel from the army and Fire Service managed to bring the flames under control."

She said the shed contained straw from nearly 1.34 hectares of land.

"My husband has been bedridden for three years due to illness. We had...