Without the presence of any police, hundreds of men, the majority of them never students, set up a human barricade along the road leading to Hasina’s historic family house, where her father and many of her relatives were shot dead 49 years ago.
The monument was a gallery until recently for her father, but a mob attacked and vandalized it hours after her fall.
Some members of the crowd, who purported to be Awami League followers, were beaten with sticks, and others were forced to flee.
Hasina had this week asked followers to “pray for the forgiveness of all hearts by offering decorative garlands and praying” outside the monument in her first public speech since her abrupt withdrawal.
During her tenure, hundreds of civil servants were required to take part in public rallies honoring her husband’s passing.
Awami League organizers may even set up temporary public address systems in Dhaka to play recited old speeches and religious songs praising Mujib’s leadership.
The caretaker government that is currently in charge of Bangladesh suspended Tuesday’s observance of the politically charged getaway, making it necessary for officials to stay in their practices.
The city’s 20 million-strong population was greeted on Thursday by its traffic’s horns and motor buzzes, which have been a constant source of congestion.
” IDENTIFIED AND PUNISHED”
Hasina’s speech came shortly after a Dhaka jury heard her, two top Awami League supporters, and four police officers were charged with murder in connection with the turmoil next month.
In separate investigations, past law minister Anisul Huq and company adviser Salman Rahman are just two of the top party politicians who have been detained.
On Wednesday, both gentlemen were handcuffed and appeared in court wearing masks to protect them from a heavy police presence.
Hasina’s statement also demanded that the perpetrators become “identified and punished” and that crime be investigated during the upheaval that led to her ouster.
According to police and medical records gathered by AFP, the majority of the more than 450 people who died during the demonstrations that ousted Hasina were killed by police arms.
“SET UP AN INVESTIGATION”
Nobel prize Muhammad Yunus arrived in Europe last Thursday to lead a transitory management that is in need of navigating the enormous challenge of implementing political reforms.
The 84-year-old won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneer work in finance, credited with helping tens of Bangladeshis out of grinding poverty.
He became the” general assistant” to a caretaker management, which included all other citizens, with the exception of a retired brigadier general, and has stated he wants to hold primaries “within a few months.”
Hasina’s administration is accused of carrying out numerous human rights violations, including the mass incarceration and extrajudicial killing of dozens of her social rivals.
Without providing additional information, Yunus claimed on Thursday that he had spoken with UN human rights key Volker Turk to” laid up an analysis.”