Police have dismissed allegations of a petrol bomb attack at the residence of Mahdi Hasan, member secretary of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Habiganj, clarifying that the fire originated from an electrical short circuit at an adjacent house, police said on Saturday morning.
Around midnight on Friday, Mahdi went live on Facebook claiming two objects struck the tin roof of his home and caught fire while his family was asleep.
However, speaking to reporters on Saturday morning, Mahdi admitted that no petrol bomb remnants were found nearby.
Officer-in-Charge Jahidul Haq of Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station, said police inspected the scene after watching the Facebook live and found no evidence of explosives.
The OC explained that an electric meter at his uncle's house-located 20 to 30 feet away where battery-operated three-wheelers are charged-caught fire due to a short circuit, which Mahdi mistakenly claimed as a petrol bomb attack.