Unidentified people last night attempted to set fire to the Magura home of former Bangladesh cricket captain and former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, police said. The incident took place around 9:00pm at the house in Keshab Mor area of the town, said Md Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Magura Sadar Police Station. They also tried to set the house on fire,” the OC told The Daily Star. The incident occurred hours after former Magura-1 MP Shakib virtually joined a media interaction addressed by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The event was hosted by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia in New Delhi yesterday evening.