Last Updated on 06/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
A mob burnt 24 people, including an Indonesian citizen, alive in a hotel owned by an Awami League party leader in Bangladesh. Local journalists and hospital sources gave this information on Tuesday. Recently, Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister and fled the country.
Most of the victims, who were staying in the hotel, were burnt alive late Monday night. The mob set fire to the Jabir International Hotel owned by Awami League general secretary Shaheen Chakladar in Johor district. “An Indonesian national is also among the dead,” a local journalist told a news agency in Dhaka over the phone.
24 bodies were counted
He said doctors at the Johor General Hospital confirmed they had counted 24 bodies, while surviving hotel staff feared there could be more bodies in the rubble. Media reports suggest that an unidentified mob protesting the Awami League (AL) regime set the hotel’s basement on fire, which quickly spread to the upper floors.
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Almost similar reports came from across the country, where angry mobs simultaneously vandalised residences and business establishments of several Awami League leaders and workers, including the Awami League central office located on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital.
Bangladesh descended into chaos on Monday after Hasina resigned, secretly fled the country to India and the military moved in to fill the power vacuum.
A new phase of violence begins in Bangladesh
As soon as the news of Hasina’s departure spread, a new round of violence started in Dhaka and other parts of the country. The mob damaged government property and even broke into Hasina’s official residence and looted it.
#WATCH Bangladesh: The situation after looting and arson at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka can be seen through video. Violent unrest broke out in the national capital yesterday on August 5. (Video source: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/2k4uyG70Kg — ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) August 6, 2024
Indira Gandhi Cultural Center looted
The unruly mob looted and set fire to the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center in Dhaka. They completely burnt the center and looted the goods kept in it. A video of this has surfaced. In which it can be seen how the mob has destroyed the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)