Dhaka mob torches home of Hasina father, Delhi slams vandalism

“All those who worth the state conflict that nurtured Bangla individuality and pridefulness are alert of the value of this residence for the nationalist consciousness of Bangladesh. This enactment of vandalism should beryllium powerfully condemned.”

People ticker arsenic protesters torch the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman successful Dhaka connected Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Earlier successful the day, hours aft a mob torched the Dhaka location of Bangabandhu,  Bangladesh lodged a protestation with India’s acting envoy, saying “false and fabricated comments” by Hasina, who is successful India, are a “hostile act”.

The mob attack, which followed Hasina’s telephone to her supporters to basal up against the interim authorities successful Dhaka, led to a consciousness of disquiet successful South Block.

The Daily Star, a starring regular successful Bangladesh, reported that protesters torched and tore down parts of the Dhanmondi-32 residence of Bangabandhu aft calls successful societal media for demolishing what they said was a “pilgrimage tract of fascism”.

An lawsuit titled ‘Bulldozer Procession’ was scheduled for 9 p.m. Wednesday, timed to coincide with an online programme wherever Hasina was slated to speak. The virtual lawsuit was announced by the now-banned Chhatra League, the pupil helping of her Awami League.

However, astir 8 pm, an hr earlier the planned procession, hundreds of protesters stormed the gathering and began taking it isolated with shovels and hammers. A mural of Mujib was besides wrecked, the Daily Star quoted witnesses arsenic saying.

Protesters vandalize the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s erstwhile person and the begetter of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, astatine Dhanmondi, successful Dhaka successful Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP/PTI)

“By astir 9.30 pm, the gathering was acceptable connected fire. A small earlier midnight, astatine slightest 1 crane and 1 excavator reached the spot, and by the clip this study was filed astir 2 americium today, parts of the gathering were razed to the ground,” it reported.

Hasina, successful her speech, said, “They tin demolish a building, but not the history… but they indispensable besides retrieve that past takes its revenge.”

“They are yet to person the spot to destruct the nationalist flag, the constitution and the independency that we earned astatine the outgo of lives of millions of martyrs with a bulldozer,” she said.

She urged the radical of Bangladesh to basal up against the interim government, accusing it of seizing powerfulness successful an unconstitutional manner.

Responding to this crook of events, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry asked India “to instantly instrumentality due measures, successful the tone of communal respect and understanding, to halt her from making specified false, fabricated and incendiary statements utilizing societal media and different communications portion she is successful India”.

In an authoritative statement, it said it lodged a “strong protestation with the Government of India implicit the false, fabricated comments and statements continuously being made successful antithetic platforms including societal media, by erstwhile premier curate Sheikh Hasina, instigating instability successful Bangladesh”.

The protestation note, handed implicit to the Acting Indian High Commissioner successful Dhaka, conveyed the “deep concern, disappointment and superior reservation” of Bangladesh due to the fact that specified statements are “hurting the sentiments” of the radical successful the country, the connection said.

It said specified activities by Hasina are considered a “hostile enactment towards Bangladesh and are not conducive to the efforts astatine establishing a steadfast narration betwixt the 2 countries”.

Earlier, Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the Students Against Discrimination,said, “Tonight, Bangladesh volition beryllium freed from the grip of fascism.”

In August past year, the Army-backed interim authorities stepped successful aft student-led protests ousted Hasina and she fled to India. Dhaka has sought her extradition but Delhi has not responded to the request.