DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s ex-PM Hasina on Tuesday demanded “justice“, saying those involved in recent “terror acts”, killings and vandalism must be investigated, identified and punished.
In her first public statement after her ouster on Aug 5, Hasina said several lives have been lost in violence in the name of agitation since July.
In a statement in Bengali posted by her US-based son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on his X handle, Hasina said that since July, several lives of students, teachers, policemen, journalists, leaders and activists of her Awami League and ordinary people were lost in violence and anarchy.She mourned their deaths and conveyed sympathy to the members of bereaved families.
“I sympathise with those like me who continue to live with the pain of losing near and dear ones. I demand a proper investigation to identify those involved in these killings and terror acts, and appropriate punishment for them,” Hasina said, recalling the brutal assassination of her family members on Aug 15, 1975.
In her statement, Hasina expressed grief over the burning down of the Bangabandhu Museum during the violence, saying the “memory and inspiration, which we had to live, was burnt into ashes”. “This was an extreme defamation of someone…under whose leadership we became an independent nation. I seek justice from the countrymen for this act,” she said.
In her first public statement after her ouster on Aug 5, Hasina said several lives have been lost in violence in the name of agitation since July.
In a statement in Bengali posted by her US-based son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on his X handle, Hasina said that since July, several lives of students, teachers, policemen, journalists, leaders and activists of her Awami League and ordinary people were lost in violence and anarchy.She mourned their deaths and conveyed sympathy to the members of bereaved families.
“I sympathise with those like me who continue to live with the pain of losing near and dear ones. I demand a proper investigation to identify those involved in these killings and terror acts, and appropriate punishment for them,” Hasina said, recalling the brutal assassination of her family members on Aug 15, 1975.
In her statement, Hasina expressed grief over the burning down of the Bangabandhu Museum during the violence, saying the “memory and inspiration, which we had to live, was burnt into ashes”. “This was an extreme defamation of someone…under whose leadership we became an independent nation. I seek justice from the countrymen for this act,” she said.