, April 16 -- Artist Manabendra Ghosh, whose house was set on fire after he was suspected of creating a face motif of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina for 'Ananda Shobhajatra', marking Bangla New Year, has claimed that he only made a tiger motif, not the face motif of Sheikh Hasina.

"This is a conspiracy against me. My family and I are now living in fear. I seek the government's intervention," he said while talking to reporters at his house on Wednesday.

"Two days before Pahela Baishakh, a smear campaign started against me on social media. It was being claimed that I made a face motif of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and that I committed a wrongdoing. My name and address were used in various posts for spreading this falsehood...