Bangladesh Crisis: Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh after facing a military coup in Dhaka, landed in Delhi on Monday at the Hindon Airbase. Several reports say that she will be leaving for London later. According to reports, Hasina had earlier arrived in Agartala. She has now left for Delhi and will later leave for London. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has beefed up security at the Bangladesh High Commission in Chanakyapuri in the wake of developments in the neighbouring country, an officer said.
Police have also made tightened security outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in case Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lands in the national capital. Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced on Monday.
“More barricades have been placed outside the commission and the number of police personnel deployed there has been increased,” a Delhi Police officer said.
More than 100 people have been killed in the protests against the Hasina government in the last two days.
The country has been witnessing fierce demonstrations over the controversial quota system that reserves 30 per cent of jobs for the families of veterans who fought the 1971 liberation war.
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