Bangladesh protesters torch Sheikh Mujib’s home in Dhaka
Dhaka: Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh’s founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in Dhaka.
According to Kashmir Media Service, witnesses said several thousand protesters, some armed with sticks, hammers, and other tools, gathered around the house, while others brought a crane and excavator to demolish the building.
The rally was organised against Mujib’s daughter, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s scheduled online address on Wednesday.
Protesters expressed outrage over Hasina’s speech, which they saw as inciting instability in Bangladesh, allegedly backed by neighboring India’s Modi government.
A symbol of the country’s establishment, the house is where Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), as he is popularly known, declared Bangladesh’s independence in 1971.
