Miscreants set fire to a July Memorial in front of Shaheed Abrar Fahad Stadium in Kushtia district town after pouring petrol on it early Tuesday.
A video clip of the incident went viral on social media in the afternoon.
In the video, a man is heard chanting slogans, including “Joy Bangla” and “Joy Bangabandhu,” and saying that deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh in December.
Almas Hossain, a leader of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, described the incident as a planned act.
He also claimed that they had received prior information that such an incident could take place and had informed the police of it beforehand.
On information, Additional Superintendent of Police Pronab Kumar Sarker, Officer-in-Charge of Kushtia Model Police Station Kabir Hossain Matubbar and other police officials visited the site in the afternoon.
The police officials assured that those involved in the incident will be identified and brought to justice.