2024 Bangladesh post-resignation violence
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Post-resignation violence | |||
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Part of the aftermath of the non-cooperation movement | |||
Date | 5 August 2024 – present (17 days) | ||
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Status | Ongoing | ||
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Casualties | |||
Death(s) | 25 policemen[1] |
2024 Bangladesh post-resignation violence refers to the violence that took place in Bangladesh after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, targeting Awami League supporters, religious minorities, government and security officials.[2] On the day of the resignation 25 police officers were killed.[1] According to the Daily Sun at least 119 were killed that day.[3] According to Prothom Alo 1494 scuptures and monuments were vandalized across Bangladesh after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina.[4]
In total, according to the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, there have been over 200 attacks on Hindus or their properties spread over 52 districts.[5][6][7] Ahmadiyya in Bangladesh were also attacked by violent groups damaging mosques and homes.[8][9][10] Mobs attacked and vandalized five to nine private television channels.[11][12] The office of Shyamal Dutta of the Jatiya Press Club, National Press Club of Bangladesh, was vandalized and he was prevented from leaving Bangladesh.[13]
Background
[edit]During the 2006–2008 political crisis, Sheikh Hasina was detained on extortion charges. After she was released from jail, she won the 2008 election. In 2014, she was re-elected for a third term in an election that was boycotted by the BNP and criticised by international observers. In 2017, after nearly a million Rohingya entered the country, fleeing from genocide in Myanmar, Hasina received credit and praise for giving them refuge and assistance. She won a fourth and a fifth term after the 2018 and 2024 elections, which was marred by violence and widely criticized as being fraudulent.[14]
It is widely believed that Bangladesh experienced democratic backsliding under her premiership. Human Rights Watch documented widespread enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under her government. Numerous politicians and journalists were systematically and judicially punished for challenging her views.[15][16]
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, also known as July Revolution,[17][18][19] was a series of anti-government and pro-democracy protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what many perceive as an authoritarian government when hundreds of protestors and civilians, most of whom were students, were killed. The majority of the fatalities were caused by gunshots fired by the police and other government forces, using lethal and deadly weapons, against unarmed protestors and non-protesting civilians, including children and pedestrians.[20]
Hasina resigned on 5 August 2024, as large crowds of demonstrators surrounded the prime minister's residence.[21] Her resignation was announced by Waker-uz-Zaman, the Chief of the Army Staff.[22][23][24][25] Later that day, Hasina fled to India in a chaotic departure, first by car, then by helicopter, and finally by plane.[21] She left no written resignation letter and gave no resignation speech.[21]
Arts and cultural sites
[edit]On 5 August, the 140-year old home of folk singer Rahul Ananda in Dhaka's Dhanmondi was torched along with 3,000 handmade musical instruments.[26] The statue of justice at the Bangladesh Supreme Court, source of the Bangladesh Statue of Justice controversy, was completely destroyed.[27] Statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bijoy Sarani was destroyed.[28] National Sculpture Gallery was looted and illegally occupied on 5 August.[29] A statue of Sheikh Russel, youngest son of Sheikh Mujib, was vandalized along with a mural of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[30] Sculptures at Mujibnagar Memorial Complex were vandalized.[4] The Venus statue, built more than 200 years ago, at Shashi Lodge was destroyed.[31] Star Cineplex branch in Rajshahi was looted and vandalized.[32] The Independence Museum at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka was vandalized.[33]
Awami League
[edit]The home of Ragebul Ahsan Ripu and Md. Mujibur Rahman Majnu, members of parliament, was vandalized.[35][2] The office of R. A. M. Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury, member of parliament, was vandalized.[35] The residence of Anisul Haque, Minister of Law, was vandalized and burned down.[2] The residence of Golam Sarwar Tuku, former member of parliament, was vandalized and burned down.[2] The residence of Zaheed Farooque, former minister, was vandalized.[35] The residence of Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, former mayor of Barisal, was burned down killing three people inside.[36] The home of Amir Hossain Amu was vandalized, and burned down.[37] The home of former Minister Dipu Moni was vandalized.[35] The residence of Mohammad Abdul Wadud, member of parliament, was vandalized and burned down.[2] The home of Chanuar Hossain Chanu, member of parliament, was vandalized.[2] The Awami League office at Raiganj Upazila was burned down and Awami League men were assaulted.[35] Some Awami League men ran to the press club where they were assaulted again.[35] A mob vandalized and set fire to the office of Habibur Rahman Habib, member of parliament.[35] The residence of Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, President of Sylhet District Awami League, was vandalized and burned down.[2] The home of Ranjit Chandra Sarkar, Awami League member of parliament, was vandalized.[2]
The home of Ushwe Sing, former Minister, was vandalized in Bandarban District and burned down.[2] The homes of Solaiman Haque Joarder and Md. Ali Azgar, members of parliament, were vandalized and burned down.[2] Following the resignation 11 people were killed in Comilla including six who were burned to death after the residence of Md Shah Alam, a former councilor, was burned down.[38] Five of the dead were from ages 12 to 17.[38] The home of A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar, member of parliament, was burned down.[39] The residence of Minister of Home Affairs, Asaduzzaman Khan, was vandalized in Dhanmondi.[2] The home of Iqbalur Rahim, member of parliament, was vandalized, looted, and burned to the ground.[35] Four people died after the home of Shafiqul Islam Shimul, member of parliament, was burned down.[38] The mob also set fire to his brother's house and his former residence.[38] The mob vandalized the residence of Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.[2]
Mobs attacked, looted, and burned down the homes of Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury and Nizam Uddin Hazari.[40] Nizam Uddin Hazari's former residence and farm house were also attacked and looted.[40] The office of Shusen Chandra Sheel, chairman of Feni Sadar Upazila Parishad, and the houses of Amir Hossain Bahar and Md Manik, Feni municipality councilors, were looted and burned down.[40] Cars parked near or at the budlings were also destroyed.[40] The home of Md Abu Zahir, member of parliament, was burned to the ground after a mob laid seize to it for four hours.[35] The office Bakshiganj upazila unit of Awami League was burned down.[35] The car of the chairman of Bagarchar union parishad was burned down.[35] The residence of Mirza Azam, member of parliament and former Minister, was vandalized.[2] A car owned by the Awami League organizing secretary of Pabna Sadar Upazila unit, Abu Sayeed, was burned down.[35] An office of the Jubo League near Bulbul College was burned down.[35] Protestors set fire to 36 motorcycles throughout the day.[35] Awami League men set fire to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party office.[35] The home of Shamsul Hoque Tuku, deputy speaker of Bangladesh Parliament, was vandalized.[2]
Two Jubo League leaders were murdered in Bogura District.[38] A Chattra League activist was killed after refusing to pay extortionists on 17 August in Gournadi Upazila. Salim Khan, Chairman of Lakshmipur Model Union Parishad, and his son, actor Shanto Khan, were killed by a mob.[41][42][43] A UP chairman of Anwara Upazila was assaulted and chased from his office on 18 August.[44] The Sayeman Beach Resort was vandalized Cox's Bazar District .[32] The chairman of Bochaganj Upazila Parishad Afsar Ali went to file a case about his house being vandalized instead he was forced to resign by students and arrested by the police.[45] The Faridpur District offices of Awami League and Bangladesh Chhatra League were vandalized.[35] Two members of Jubo League were killed in Feni.[38] Jessore District Awami League office was vandalized.[30] The Awami League office in Nilphamari town was vandalized.[35] Awami League men attacked the office of Alamgir Sarder, President of Nilphamari District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[35]
The homes of Shahjahan Khan, former Minister, and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, former member of parliament, were vandalized.[2] The home of Mohit Ur Rahman Shanto, member of parliament for Mymensingh-4, was vandalized.[2] The residence of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, former captain of Bangladesh National Cricket Team and member of parliament, was burned down.[2] The home of Subash Chandra Bose, President of Narail District Awami League was vandalized.[39] The Narail District Awami League office was burned down.[39] The residence of Nizam Uddin Khan Nilu, General Secretary of Narail District Awami League, was burned down.[46] The homes of Shamim Osman and Salim Osman was attacked and burned down.[2] The home of Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Minister of Food, was vandalized and burned down.[2] The residence of Nizam Uddin Jalil, member of parliament, was vandalized and burned down.[2]
Talimul Islam Khan, Ganganandpur union parshad member was burned alive in Jhikargacha Upazila after his house was barricaded and set on fire.[47] His wife and three year old child were injured in the fire.[47] Hiron, chairman of Porahati Union Parishad and his chauffeur, Asad, were beaten to death and their bodies hung from a statue.[36] The house of Jewel Hossain, a local leader of the Awami League in Jhenaidah, was burned down killing two people inside.[36] In Khulna the home of Sheikh Helal and Sheikh Salauddin Jewel, both members of parliament and relatives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, were vandalized and burned down.[35] The Khulna District Awami League office and the office of the Khulna District magistrate was vandalized.[35] The residence of Asaduzzaman Noor was vandalized.[35] The residence of Rezia Islam, women member of parliament, was burned down along with two of her vehicles.[35] The home of Naimuzzaman Bhuiyan, member of parliament, was vandalized.[2] The home of Mayor Zakia Khatun of Panchagarh Municipality was burned down along with former chairman Amirul Islam and former councilor Shafiqul Islam.[35]
Koyra upazila chairman GM Mohsin Reza, his bodyguard, and chauffeur were beaten to death by a mob.[36] His house was burned down.[36] The homes of Monnujan Sufian, former Minister, and SM Kamal Hossain, member of parliament, were vandalized.[2] An Awami League office and a police box was vandalized near Saddam Bazar intersection in Kushtia.[35] The home of Suman Khan, Joint General Secretary of Lalmonirhat District Awami League was burned down killing six people inside.[38] The residence of Nuruddin Chowdhury Noyon, member of parliament, was vandalized.[2] The Magura District Awami League office and DC office were vandalized.[35] Awami League men also vandalized the district Bangladesh Nationalist Party office.[35] The home of Farhad Hossain, Minister of Public Administration, was vandalized.[2] The Thakurgaon District Awami League office was burned down and several stores nearby were vandalized.[35]
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum was burned to the ground.[37] The office of Dhaka District Awami League in Tejgaon, and the office of the chairperson of Awami League in Dhanmoni were burned down.[37] The personal residence of Sheikh Hasina, Sudha Sadan, was burned down.[2] On 15 August, anniversary of the murder of former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family, mourners were prevented from reaching Banglabandhu Memorial Museum.[48] They were assaulted on the streets, and the car of Kader Siddique was vandalized.[48] The mob was checking the ID cards and cell phones of pedestrians.[48] One of the mob was a lecturer at the Alhaz Mockbul Hossain College, Abu Sufiyan, who said he was there to protect the "Independence" and another was the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal activist who was dancing to Hindi music.[48] Some Awami activists and others were detained by the mob and handed over to the police who released them as there were no specific allegations against them.[48] Rokeya Prachi was assaulted at the site when she went to pay her respects.[49]
A Jubo League leader, Monirul Islam Shaheen, was beaten to death.[36] The Chairman and Vice-chairman of Bauphal Upazila Parishad were assaulted and forced to flee their office on 18 August.[50] The Awami League office in Rajshahi City was vandalized.[37] On 18 August, a Chhatra League activist was tied to a tree for two hours and handed over to Bangladesh Army when he tried to enter his dorm room at the University of Rajshahi.[51] A mob attacked the residence of the former chairman of Pratapnagar Union Parishad, Zakir Hossain, in which two people from the mob, Hossain, and another local Awami League leader was killed in Satkhira District.[36] The home of Feroz Ahammed Shapon, member of parliament, was vandalized.[2] A leader of Swechchhasebak League was murdered on 8 August.[52] A mob vandalized the home of Tanvir Hasan Choto Monir, member of parliament and torched a gas station owned by him.[35] A car owned by Zuaryer Islam, General Secretary of Tangail District Awami League was vandalized.[35]
Business
[edit]Factories owned by Beximco Group, Ha-Meem Group, and Bengal Group were targets of arson attack.[35] The headquarters of Jatiya Party were set on fire in Kakrail.[53] In Dhaka, a showroom of Yellow, subsidiary of Beximco Group, was burned down.[35] A textile mill was burned down in Gazipur.[35] Zabeer International Hotel, owned by Awami League member of parliament Shahin Chakladar, was vandalized and burned to the ground.[30] Bangladesh Air Force rescued a few people from the rooftop but 24 people died in fire.[30] An Indonesian national was also among the dead.[54] The Afil Jute Weaving Mills, owned by member of parliament and owner of Akij Group, Sheikh Afil Uddin, was vandalized on 18 August.[55] The jute officials blamed Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists but this was denied by local party leaders.[55]
A business owned by the general secretary of Manikganj municipal Awami League unit, Zahidul Islam, was vandalized.[35]
Government
[edit]Dupchachia UNO and AC Land offices were vandalized in Bogura District.[35] A Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader led the attack on Betagi Municipal Office.[56] Haziganj municipality office was vandalized and a number of cars and bikes parked there were set on fire.[35] The Rajshahi City Corporation office and home of the mayor were burned down.[37] The Gosairhat Municipal office was vandalized and the mayor Abdul Awal was assaulted on 19 August.[57] Mobs also burned down the Tangail municipal building and Tangail District Awami League office.[35] The Tangail Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer's office was vandalized.[35]
The vehicle weigh scale on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Sitakundia was attacked from a victory procession after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina.[58] The Narayanganj DC office was vandalized and an arson attack took place on an amusement park owned by the government.[35] The Niphamari Sadar Upazila parishad office was vandalized and 15 bikes were destroyed in arson attacks.[35]
Minorities
[edit]Ahmadiya mosque at Madartek was vandalized.[59] Ahmadiya Muslim community were attacked in Choraikhola.[59] A mob destroyed 80 homes and a mosque of the Ahamadiya community in Ahmednagar, Panchagarh DIstrict.[60] Ahmadiya Muslim community were attacked in Bamnail.[59]
A Hindu Idol at Dhaka College hostel was destroyed.[61] The house of the President of Mohanpur Upazila Puja Udyapan Parishad Suranjit Sarkar was vandalized following which he fled to India.[62] A house Hindu shopkeeper was vandalized in Hatra village.[62] On 5 August, a Hindu temple in Shariatpur town was looted and vandalized.[63] Local Hindu families were rescued by Bangladesh Army.[63]
On 6 August, a retired school teacher Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee was killed and wife and daughter injured at their home in Bagerhat Sadar Upazila.[64][65]
Media
[edit]The mob looted and vandalized the offices of ATN Bangla and ATN News forcing them to stop transmission.[37] A mob also attacked the offices of Ekattor TV, Independent Television, and Somoy TV.[66] Gaan Bangla TV was also vandalized.[34] The office of the president and general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club was vandalized and forcefully occupied after Abdul Hannan Masud of quota movement demanded their resignation and banning Awami League supporting journalists from the profession.[67][68] On 18 August 2024, the offices of Kaler Kantho and Radio Capital were vandalized at the East West Media Group compound.[69] About 25 vehicles in the media compound were damaged.[70]
On 14 August 2024, the Chittagong Press Club was attacked and vandalized injuring 20 journalists.[71][72] The attack was led by Aminul Islam, an affiliate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Mir Mohammad Nashir Uddin, Sarwar Alam, health secretary of Chittagong City unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Alamgir Noor, Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal activist.[72] Chattogram Union of Journalists protested the attack and the attack on the home of Hossain Toufiq Iftekhar, editor of the Daily Chattogram.[73]
A mob lead by ATM Akram Hossain Talim, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, vandalized Bagerhat Press Club.[74] Another Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, Fakir Tariqul Islam, vandalized the office of the chairman of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila.[74] The home of journalist Ibrahim Khalil in Cox's Bazar District was vandalized on 5 August.[75] The home of Jawad Nirjhar, a journalist, was vandalized in Magura District.[75] Moniruzzaman Monir, President of Raipura Upazila press club and correspondent of Desh Rupantar, was shot after being physically assaulted on 13 August.[76] The home of Sanjit Saha, a journalist, in Chatmahar was vandalized.[75]
Law enforcement
[edit]A mob attacked Uttara East Police Station and the police fired which resulted in the death of 10 people.[77] A team of Bangladesh Army went to rescue the police officers stuck at the police station but failed as the officers did not trust the army.[77] In Dhaka, police stations Badda, Jatrabari, Khilgaon, Mohammadpur, Rampura, Tejgaon Industrial Area, and Uttara East were attacked and many set on fire.[78] Kallyanpur deputy commissioner's office was burned down.[79] According to Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the majority of the police stations under the commission were vandalized, looted, or set on fire.[79] In Nikunja, the house of the son of the former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Asaduzzaman Mia, was vandalized.[79] Bangladesh Police Association went on a strike following the attacks.[79]
A student, Shahadat, and police officer, Harun-ar Rashid, were killed in Chandpur District.[36] Rapid Action Battalion headquarters were attacked by a mob and the unit responded by firing at the crowd.[37] Five separate police stations in Feni, Feni Municipal Building, and the office of Mayor Nazrul Islam Swapan Miyaji were burned down.[40] In Gazipur , there was an attempted jail break of terrorists from Kashimpur Central Jail.[79] The Bangladesh Ansar-VDP Academy was attacked by a mob in which two died after Ansar fired at the mob.[80] Six people died in a clash with Border Guards Bangladesh.[36] The home of Biplob Kumar Sarker, Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, was vandalized.[81]
The official residence of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh was vandalized extensively.[82] The residence of Tureen Afroz, former prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal, was attacked in Uttara. The attackers assaulted her, criticized her for not wearing a Hijab, and shaved her head.[83][84] The personal office of Tureen Afroz was vandalized in Nilphamari District.[85] Kushtia Model Police Station and Kushtia Police Superintendent's Office were attacked in which the police fired shots at the mob.[36] The headquarters of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police was burned down.[37]
Sports
[edit]Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club was vandalized.[86] Abahani Limited Dhaka was looted and vandalized.[87] The residence of Nazmul Hassan, President of Bangladesh Cricket Board, was vandalized.[2] The Narayanganj Rifles' Club was burned down.[35]
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