Unrest continues in Bangladesh as a violent mob torched two newspaper offices, attacked opposition party offices, and an Indian consulate official’s house – protesting against an election candidate Osman Hadi’s murder in Bangladesh.
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ancestral house was also targeted by the violent mob Dhanmondi 32, Dhaka. This house belonged to Hasina’s father Sheikh Mujibar Rahman, who was also Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister and considered as founder of Bangladesh, assassinated in 1975 along with whole family in the same house. This is the same house also known as Bangabandhu Memorial which has been torched on Thursday by violent groups who support the ruling Yunus Government. However, this is not the first ever attack in the museum but in 2024 during political unrest which removed Hasina from power was torched then.
A group of protesters also threw stones at the house of the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Chattogram.
The protesters also attacked former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League office seeking the return of Hasina.
As the agitators are demanding former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s return from India who was sentenced to death penalty in Bangladesh, they also targeted Indian officials in Bangladesh.
Protest staged inside India by various groups against Bangladesh’s leaders’ aggressive remarks against India and campaigning to capture Northeast India.
The violent protest erupted in Bangladesh centering assassination of a student leader Osman Hadi, who took a lead role in the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dethrone from power in 2024.
Haidi was announced as one of the candidates for the upcoming election which is scheduled on February 12.
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