At the site of a designed march on Thursday, protesters who supported ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were threatened with bamboo rods and pipes by police who vowed to defend the student-led revolution in the country.
August 15 marks the anniversary of the 1975 death of Hasina’s father, freedom warrior Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, during a military coup. Big rallies were held in Bangladesh in past years to mark the occasion, but those who celebrated Hasina’s demise were determined to stop her Awami League party supporters from relocating.
According to AFP, the time government canceled the compliance of the politically charged trip on Tuesday.
Hundreds of men, generally non-students, formed a human barrier across the street leading to Hasina’s ancient family house, where her parents and some friends were killed 49 decades ago. The monument, after a gallery dedicated to her father, was torched and vandalized by a mob soon after Hasina’s drop. Some suspected Awami League followers were forced to leave the place, while others were beaten with stones.
Hasina’s initial statement after resignation
The 76-year-old Hasina fled to India last week as protests engulfed Dhaka’s roads, ending her 15-year concept.
Hasina, in her first common speech since her departure, asked supporters to “pray for the forgiveness of all hearts by offering decorative garlands and praying” outside the location. During her time in office, she was accused of creating a personality cult around her father, which required his painting to remain displayed in every institution, federal building, and political vision. Up to 10 years in prison was sentenced to her father’s virtual animosity.
Hasina, two top Awami League friends, and four police officers were charged with murder in Dhaka after a prosecutor opened a death case in the wake of the unrest. In related inquiries, some other top party officials have been detained. Yunus, 84, came back from Europe next Thursday to lead a momentary administration tasked with guiding democratic reforms. He took over as the” general assistant” to a caretaker government and has stated his desire to hold primaries “within a few months.”
The interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has invited UN researchers to study the violent “atrocities” that accompanied Hasina’s treatment, resulting in hundreds of deaths at the hands of safety forces. Next year, UN investigators will appear to look into the “atrocities” committed during the demonstrations that led to Hasina’s resignation, according to the time cabinet.
