India, Aug. 5 -- A petrol bomb was thrown at the ancestral home of former Bangladesh cricket captain and former Bangladesh Awami League MP Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday night, hours after he appeared virtually at a press conference alongside former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in India, the party has said.

The attack took place around 8.45 pm local time at Shakib Al Hasan's ancestral residence in the Keshabmor area of Magura town, according to media reports. The house was also reportedly vandalised.

"A grisly petrol bomb attack took place at the residence of Bangladesh's celebrated cricket icon Sakib Al Hasan, hours after the world famous star cricketer appeared at a press conference with honourable party president Sheikh Hasina. Ahead o...