Protesters in Bangladesh ransacked and vandalised the historic residence of the country’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ahead of a political speech by his daughter and ousted leader Sheikh Hasina.
A group of activists, including students, held a procession to the “father of the nation” residence in Dhaka of former President Mujibur Rahman (1920-1975), father of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who ruled from 2009-2024.
Local news portal Prothomalo wrote that the marchers chanted anti-fascist slogans against the former prime minister’s Awami League party.
Several thousand people reportedly took part in the procession. They stormed the house and set it on fire.
On August 5 last year, anti-government demonstrations forced Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and leave the country.
Sheikh Hasina faces more than 200 charges, including genocide, and about a thousand protesters were killed in the republic in July and early August. Since August 8, Bangladesh has sworn in an interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
