Protestors vandalise, set fire to Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house in Dhaka

A group of protestors vandalised and set fire to the residence of Bangladesh’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka on Wednesday while his daughter and deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was giving an online speech, PTI reported.

Rahman is considered a key figure in Bangladesh’s independence movement.

The protest, which began at around 8 pm, followed a call for a “bulldozer procession” towards Dhanmondi-32, which had earlier been converted into the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum, reported Prothom Alo. Protestors had also simultaneously announced a “March to Dhanmondi-32” programme.

Subsequently, they broke the entrance and entered the premises of Dhanmondi-32. Several videos shared on social media showed the residence ablaze. Witnesses said that the Army arrived at the site to persuade the protestors to refrain from vandalising, PTI reported.

Hasina fled to India on August 5 after widespread student-led protests against her Awami League government, which killed 560 persons. She had been the prime minister of Bangladesh for 16 years.

Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus took over as the head of the country’s interim government on August 8.

In her speech organised by the Awami League’s now-disbanded student wing Chhatra League on Wednesday, Hasina urged the citizens of Bangladesh to organise a resistance against the current regime, PTI reported.

“They are yet to have the strength to destroy the national flag, the constitution…

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