The protesters set fire to the home of Sheikh Hasina’s father

Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalized and burned to the old family The home of the deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of his party.

The news caused the disturbances that you would address the country through the social networks of India, where it has been in Exile since the protests led by students expelled it last year.

Hasina, 77, who was in charge of Bangladesh for 20 years, he was seen as an autocrat whose government was ruthlessly attached to dissent.

On Wednesday night, an excavator broke the house of the late father of Hasina, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is also the founding president of Bangladesh. The structure had been reused in a museum.

Hasina’s father He is widely seen as a hero of independence, but anger with his daughter has tarnished his legacy among Hasina’s critics.

In a live broadcast on Facebook, Hasina condemned the attack and demanded “justice.”

“They can demolish a building, but they can’t erase the story,” he said.

Hasina, once acclaimed as a prodemocratic icon, He has seen his sour reputation after assuming the position. She has been accused of manipulating the elections and imprisoning her critics, and her administration was widely seen as corrupt.

He faces arrest orders for taking energetic measures against protests led by students last year, who saw hundreds of murdered people.

While Hasina fled to India last August, anger has not dissipated against her and her partimates of the Awami League.

On Wednesday, the protesters also destroyed and burned the houses and companies of the leaders of the Awami League. There have been called social networks to free the country from “pilgrimage sites of fascism.”

The police told the BBC Bengali service that around 700 protesters appeared in the residence on Wednesday night, and dozens of police officers were deployed.

Since the expulsion of Hasina, a caregiver government directed by Nobel Prize Muhammad Yunus He has kept the country in operation.

But he has fought to calm persistent disturbances. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in recent months, demanding that Hasina be prosecuted for her mortal offensive against student protesters.

While Yunus’s government tries to extradite India, he is also dealing with an imminent economic crisis: Yunus accused Hasina of pretending Bangladesh’s economic growth and washing billions of dollars during his rule.

Yunus has pledged to hold elections at the end of 2025 or early 2026.