Bangladesh Violence: Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina is not calling for a halt to the violent movement to oust the government. Awami League leaders and minority Hindus have been specifically targeted. Mass killings are taking place. A hotel belonging to an Awami League leader in Dhaka was set on fire and about 24 people present there were burnt alive. This includes an Indonesian citizen who was staying at the hotel.
Late Monday night, a mob set fire to the Jabir International Hotel, owned by Awami League general secretary Shaheen Chakkaladar, in Johor district, killing 24 people.
Most of the people who died in the accident were staying at the hotel. A local journalist in Dhaka said, 'An Indonesian citizen is also among the dead.' Doctors at Johor General Hospital have confirmed that they have recovered 24 bodies, while surviving hotel staff fear that there may be more bodies under the rubble. According to media reports, an angry mob protesting against the Awami League government set fire to the ground floor of the hotel, which spread to the upper floors.
More than 400 people died in Bangladesh
More than 400 people have died so far in this violent movement in Bangladesh. In which more than 20 leaders of Awami League have been killed. Chaos has spread in Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country. So far 440 people have died. The army in the country is trying to control the situation.
It is being said that the situation in Dhaka has calmed down
According to local media, there are signs that the situation has returned to normal on Tuesday. Police and army are making tight security arrangements on the roads. After the unrest on Monday, there is peace since Tuesday morning. Public vehicles and buses have started running on the roads. Shopkeepers have opened their shops.
Chaos in PM's residence, clothes also stolen
Chaos spread across Bangladesh on Monday. As soon as the news of Hasina leaving the country spread, hundreds of people broke into her house and vandalised and looted it. Protesters attacked, vandalised and set fire to Hasina's residence 'Sudha Sadan' and other institutions in the capital. Residences and businesses of ministers, party MPs and leaders of Hasina's Awami League government in Dhaka and outside Dhaka were also targeted. Miscreants also stole clothes from Sheikh Hasina's house.