Published : 01 Oct 2026, 04:19 PM
Updated : 01 Oct 2026, 04:19 PM
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said he does not know whether BNP reserved-seat MP Ferdousy Ahmed Mishti has resigned over the attack, vandalism and looting at the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Dhaka's Mirpur.
He said action would be taken against Mishti under the law if the allegations against her were initially established through an investigation.
The minister made the remarks in response to questions from journalists at an emergency press conference at the home ministry in the Secretariat on Thursday.
Asked whether Mishti had resigned, Salahuddin said, “I do not know.”
He said the matter was not within his jurisdiction and that the speaker would be able to provide information on whether Mishti had submitted her resignation.
A journalist then raised reports that Mishti had resigned on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's instruction.
“I am neither the party chief nor the speaker. The speaker can say whether it has been submitted. The party chief can say about the party matter. So, I request you to be a little patient,” Salahuddin said.
Asked about the process for taking legal action against Mishti over the Radda incident, the home minister said an investigation would first have to establish her involvement.
“If she is initially found to be accused through the investigation into the allegations against her, a chargesheet will be filed against her initially,” he said.
Salahuddin also said party action and legal action were separate matters.
“Party action will be taken by the party. That is organisational action outside the law. And legal action means that if she is charge-sheeted, she will have to go before the court's jurisdiction and come under the law,” he said.
The minister also said it would not be appropriate to comment on allegations against an MP before they were established through an investigation.
“Until then, it is not right to say anything against an honourable member of parliament until the allegations are proven through investigation,” he said.
Earlier, Tarique ordered Mishti to resign from parliament over the attack, vandalism and looting at the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur.
Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abu Abdullah M Saleh confirmed the matter to bdnews24.com on Thursday afternoon.
Radda Centre Attack
The Radda MCH-FP Centre has been providing free primary healthcare, maternity care and family planning services to poor and disadvantaged mothers and children in Mirpur since 1974.
The centre was attacked, looted and vandalised late on Sept 24.
Around 200 people entered the premises carrying locally made weapons and heavy machinery, demolishing a tin-shed structure and three semi-pucca buildings.
Windows and doors of five rooms in the pucca building, including the ultrasound room, vaccination room and laboratory, were also smashed.
The attackers took away furniture, medicines, an ultrasonography machine, a generator, computers, printers, refrigerators, air conditioners and cupboards from the building.
Radda authorities have alleged that the overall damage to the facility amounted to more than Tk 10 million.
A signboard bearing the name “Somomona Dokandar Samabaya Samity Limited” was also put up at the site after the attack.
A case filed with Shah Ali Police Station names 200-250 people as accused, including local BNP leader Hanif Mia.
Besides Hanif, the names of several local BNP and affiliated organisation leaders have emerged in connection with the incident. They are known locally as close to Mishti.
Information has also emerged about links between several local BNP figures and Somomona Dokandar Samabaya Samity Limited.
In 2006, when Mishti was a commissioner of Ward No. 8 under Shah Ali Police Station, she was president of the association.
An application was then made to the housing and public works authorities seeking allocation of the Radda centre's land in the association's name.
Mishti signed the application as its president.
Mishti was a joint convenor of Dhaka North BNP. She is the younger sister of late BNP leader Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.
Her late husband Saidur Rahman Newton was also involved in BNP politics and was a councillor of a ward in Dhaka.
Mishti was elected councillor of the same ward after her husband's death.
Following the attack and vandalism at Radda, Mishti said she no longer had any involvement with the association. She also denied any involvement in the attack and vandalism.
