The situation on the India-Bangladesh border is still tense. Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister of Bangladesh They fled to neighbouring India last week, with the country’s army protecting policemen hiding in police stations.
Amid student protests against Sheikh Hasina, several police stations across Bangladesh, including in the capital Dhaka, were vandalised, looted and set on fire, forcing students to leave their homes. Many policemen ran away and hid.
Although some policemen are reporting for duty in areas where violence has subsided, most remain in hiding due to the threat of more attacks.
In Meharpur, near the India-Bangladesh border, the Bangladeshi army guarded a police station and policemen were hiding inside it. Tension has escalated in the border district as several houses of Hindus were burnt down during the unrest.
Earlier, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who was sworn in as the chief adviser to the interim government, had urged the policemen to return to duty. Despite his call, most of them are still in hiding.
Protests, mainly by students, began in 1948. Bangladesh uproar over controversial job quota system in June The movement turned into an anti-government movement against Sheikh Hasina after the military suppressed the protests.
On August 5, Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India, ending her 15 years of rule as student protests turned violent. Many houses and properties of Hindus were looted, It was vandalised and set on fire.
According to reports, minority communities in the Muslim-majority country have faced at least 205 incidents of attacks in 52 districts since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Yunus has called for Meeting with Hindu students and community members on Monday To discuss the issues raised by them related to targeted attacks on the community.
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