DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday launched a major security operation after protesters were attacked by gangs allegedly connected to the ousted regime of ex-leader Sheikh Hasina.<\/p>\n
A government statement said the operation began after gangs \u201clinked to the fallen autocratic regime attacked a group of students, leaving them severely injured\u201d.<\/p>\n
Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, head of the interior ministry in the interim government that took over after Hasina was ousted in the August 2024 student-led revolution, has dubbed it \u201cOperation Devil Hunt\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will continue until we uproot the devils,\u201d Chowdhury told reporters. The sweeping security operations come after days of unrest.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, six months to the day since Hasina fled as crowds stormed her palace in Dhaka, protesters smashed down buildings connected to her family using excavators.<\/p>\n
Dhaka rejects New Delhi\u2019s statement on country\u2019s internal affairs as \u2018unexpected and unwarranted\u2019<\/p>\n
Protests were triggered in response to reports that 77-year-old Hasina \u2014 who has defied an arrest warrant to face trial crimes against humanity \u2014 would appear in a Facebook broadcast from exile in neighbouring India.<\/p>\n
Buildings destroyed included the museum and former home of Hasina\u2019s late father, Bangladesh\u2019s first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The interim government blamed Hasina for the violence.<\/p>\n
On Friday, interim leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus also pleaded for calm. \u201cRespecting the rule of law is what differentiates the new Bangladesh we are working together to build, from the old Bangladesh under the fascist regime,\u201d Yunus said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the citizens who rose up and overthrew the Hasina regime \u2026 it is imperative to prove to ourselves and our friends around the world that our commitment to our principles \u2014 respecting one another\u2019s civil and human rights and acting under the law \u2014 is unshakable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hours later, members of the StudentsAgainstDiscrimination \u2014 the protest group credited with sparking the uprising against Hasina \u2013 were attacked in the Dhaka district of Gazipur.<\/p>\n
The vocal and powerful group \u2014 whose members are in the government cabinet \u2014 had since demanded action.<\/p>\n
Indian interference<\/p>\n
New Delhi\u2019s statement on the demolition of Bangabandhu\u2019s house on Dhanmondi 32 is uncalled-for and unexpected, said foreign affairs ministry spokesperson Rafiqul Alam on Saturday.<\/p>\n
According to The Daily Star, Rafiqul made this remark when asked about the statement by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding the destruction of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on Dhanmondi 32 on February 5.<\/p>\n
On February 6, Indian MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that it was regrettable that the historic residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman \u2014 a symbol of the heroic resistance of the people of Bangladesh against the forces of occupation and oppression \u2014 was destroyed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll those who value the freedom struggle that nurtured Bangladeshi identity and pride are aware of the importance of this residence for the national consciousness of Bangladesh. This act of vandalism should be strongly condemned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
When asked about this statement at a media briefing at the Foreign Ministry, Rafiqul Alam said that the MEA\u2019s remarks had come to the notice of the interim government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis statement on the internal affairs of Bangladesh is unexpected and unwarranted. We have witnessed various unfortunate situations in the neighbouring country, but Bangladesh does not issue statements on the internal affairs of other nations.<\/p>\n
\u201cBangladesh expects the same courtesy from other countries,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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