Bangladesh crisis: 29 bodies of Sheikh Hasina’s party leaders discovered in violence-stricken Bangladesh
PTC News Desk: Tuesday saw the bodies of 29 Awami League leaders and their families found throughout violence-torn Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina had resigned as prime minister and fled for India due to student protests against a contentious quota system, which had resulted in numerous calls for the 76-year-old leader’s resignation.
Following Hasina’s departure and resignation on Monday, there were at least ten deaths in Satkhira due to rioting. Several Awami League leaders’ homes and businesses were looted and vandalized, according Bangladesh The Dhaka Tribune.
At least eleven persons lost their lives to mob violence in Cumilla. Miscreants set fire to the three-story home of former councilman Muhammad Shah Alam, resulting in the deaths of six persons. Eleven dead were found inside the residence between Monday night and Tuesday morning, five of them were teens.
According to eyewitnesses, a mob invaded Shah Alam’s home on Monday, and some of the attackers made their way to the third level. The ground level of the house was set ablaze by the mob.
The occupants who sought refuge on the third level of the house later perished from burns and smoke inhalation. Ten other persons were hurt in the incident, one of them was receiving intensive care in the intensive care unit.
In the meantime, four individuals lost their lives on Tuesday when a crowd set MP Shafiqul Islam Shimul’s home on fire. Their remains were discovered on the house’s roof, on balconies, and in a number of rooms.
The bodies of two leaders of the Awami League’s youth branch, Jubo League, were discovered by the locals. The Dhaka Tribune reports that among them, the body of Juba League leader Mushfiqur Rahim was discovered beneath a bridge in Sonagazi Upazila.
Two leaders of the Jubo League were killed by a mob in Bogra.
Six dead were discovered by residents on Monday from the Awami League Joint General Secretary Suman Khan’s district home, which was set on fire on Monday in Lalmonirhat by a crowd.
Over 400 people have died in Bangladesh as a result of the upheaval, and Sheikh Hasina has fled the country less than an hour after resigning from her position. The situation there is still unstable.
Following Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, hundreds of Hindu homes, businesses, and temples have been set on fire and vandalised. India expressed concern about the developments, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that the ministry was keeping an eye on the circumstances.
In the midst of the demonstrations, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was named principal adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday. The 84-year-old Yunus, also referred to as the “banker of the poor,” was appointed after a pivotal meeting that was presided over by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. He was the leading candidate for the position among the students in protest.
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