Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Dhanmondi residence comes nether the wrath of radical astatine astir 8:00pm pursuing an announcement of a 'Bulldozer procession' (Photo via Prothom Alo)
A radical of demonstrators, reportedly consisting of revolutionary students and civilians, staged a protestation astatine the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum astatine Dhanmondi-32 successful Dhaka connected Wednesday evening, paper Prothom Alo reported.
According to the reports, the objection began astir 8 pm, erstwhile protesters broke done the entranceway and entered the gathering premises. At the clip of reporting, a ample fig of demonstrators were inactive marching successful the area, chanting slogans against dictatorship, fascism, and the Awami League.
Several videos connected societal media besides showed, service arriving astatine the tract and taking presumption successful beforehand of the house.
The demonstrators reportedly declared that the house, agelong associated with the Mujibur family, symbolised authoritarianism and fascism. They expressed their intentions to erase immoderate hint of what they referred to arsenic “Mujibism” and fascism successful the country.
The protestation followed a telephone for a ‘bulldozer procession’ towards Dhanmondi-32 connected Facebook in effect to an online code fixed by erstwhile Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India successful the aftermath of the July uprising. Protesters had besides announced a ‘March to Dhanmondi-32’ program.
Earlier successful the afternoon, Prothom Alo reported that Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, convener of Inqilab Mancha and a subordinate of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, made aggregate Facebook posts astir vandalizing the gathering astatine Dhanmondi. The protestation was initially scheduled for 9 p.m. but was aboriginal moved up to 8 pm.
Even earlier the scheduled time, a radical of demonstrators reportedly marched from the National Museum astatine Shahbagh to Dhanmondi, wherever they forcibly broke the main entranceway and began vandalising the historical building, Dhaka Tribune reported.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Dhanmondi residence comes nether the wrath of radical astatine astir 8:00pm pursuing an announcement of a ‘Bulldozer procession’ pic.twitter.com/kQ4p8vLauL
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Around 7 pm, Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the anti-discrimination pupil movement, wrote successful a Facebook post, “Tonight, Bangladesh volition beryllium escaped from the pilgrimage tract of fascism.”
This is not the archetypal clip the Dhanmondi-32 residence has been targeted. On August 5, pursuing the ouster of the Awami League regime, aggrieved demonstrators carried retired a akin attack, vandalising the gathering and mounting parts of it connected fire. Since then, the location has reportedly remained mostly abandoned.
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