Staff Reporter:
Hours after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on Monday, agitated locals set fire to the Bangabandhu Museum on Dhanmondi-32, once the residence of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Additionally, the Awami League president’s office at Dhanmondi-3 was also torched by angry crowds.
By 4 pm, protesters had set fire to the Dhaka district unit Awami League office. Shortly after, around 5 pm, Sudha Sadan in Dhanmondi, the residence of Dr. Wajed Miah, Sheikh Hasina’s late husband, was also set on fire and vandalized.
The Awami League central office on Bangabandhu Avenue was set ablaze shortly after 4 pm.
The residence of the Chief Justice on 19 Hare Road also came under attack from protesters.
Sheikh Hasina resigned earlier yesterday and left the country for Agartala in India via helicopter, according to Indian media.
