| Security was tight Saturday in a southern Bangladeshi district after the home of a local leader of the main opposition Awami League was torched injuring six people. Awami League youth front leader Saidur Rahman Swapan and five members of his family were badly burned when attackers locked them into their home and set it ablaze with kerosene in the village of Rajpasha in Jhalakathi district. The family managed to cut a hole in the burning tin-clad house and flee to safety. They were being treated at a hospital in the nearby city of Barisal, 112 kilometers south of the capital Dhaka. âSix people have been arrested so far for their suspected links to the attack,â said a senior police officer in Barisal without identifying the assailants. Residents said the Jhalakathi district was tense Saturday with authorities tightening security. |