Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post and departed from Dhaka amid violent protests, news agency AFP quoted a source as saying. She is reportedly travelling to India.
“She and her sister have left Ganabhaban (the Prime Minister’s official residence) for a safer place,” the source told AFP
She departed from Bangabhaban at around 2:30pm on Monday on a military helicopter, accompanied by her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana for a “safer place.”, ANI reported. She has entered Indian airspace and the flight is above Hazaribagh right now, the flightradar 24 data showed. There are chances that she could land in Delhi at 5 pm after the flight was denied permission to land in Kolkata.
The Army Chief held a press conference and confirmed her resignation. He said that an interim government will be formed to run the country and the country’s economy has suffered massively due to violent protests.
“I am taking full responsibility,” the general said, dressed in military fatigues and cap, though it was not immediately clear if he would lead a caretaker government. “We will form an interim government,” Waker said in a broadcast on state television, adding that Sheikh Hasina had resigned.
Meanwhile, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has issued a ‘high alert’ for all units along the 4,096 km India-Bangladesh border. Acting BSF Director General Daljit Singh Chawdhary and other senior officials have arrived in Kolkata to assess border security. The unrest, which has seen nearly 300 casualties, prompted Hasina to resign and flee Dhaka with her sister to seek refuge in India.
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Source: BT
