Pirojpur, Feb. 7 -- An angry mob has set the house of former minister SM Rezaul Karim on fire in Pirojpur's Nazirpur Upazila.

The violence began when the enraged mob vandalised and set fire to Karim's residence, located in Nazirpur on Thursday night.

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The attackers also vandalised the local Awami League office and the home of Mosharaf Hossain Khan, former upazila chairman and president of Nazirpur Upazila Awami League. The house of Karim's brother, Nure Alam Shaheen, a former Upazila chairman, was similarly targeted and set ablaze.

Eyewitnesses said that the unrest began around 8:30 pm when a group of angry students gathered in the town and marched through various streets, wreaking ha...