Officers at Bangladesh’s Ministry of Street Transport and Bridges, which is housed within the Setu Bhaban in Dhaka’s Mohakhali are petrified of getting into the constructing that was targetted and suffered extreme damages throughout the current student-led protests within the nation.
This ministry, led by an Awami League minister, has been on the centre of controversy, going through intense backlash throughout the quota demonstrations. Throughout the protests, offended college students set hearth to the ministry constructing and vandalised authorities property and automobiles parked inside its premises.
An estimated Taka 65 crore value of automobiles had been lowered to ashes, together with 57 automobiles starting from SUVs and pickup vans to minibuses and bikes, all of which had been used for ministry operations and official engagements.
The incident has left the Setu Bhavan constructing a charred and uninhabitable construction.
Ministry officers that ANI spoke to say they’re now petrified of getting into the constructing resulting from its broken state. They’ve been compelled to hold out their duties outdoors, working from makeshift setups. The protest, which started as an illustration towards the federal government’s quota system, shortly escalated into a bigger motion, elevating critical issues in regards to the security and stability of presidency establishments within the capital.
Main Bangladesh publication Prothom Alo had in a July 27 report acknowledged that “a number of hundred of miscreants stormed into the Setu Bhaban on July 18 and vandalized it badly, set it on hearth, and looted authorities property from the bhaban.” “In addition they vandalized many automobiles, motorbikes, ransacked totally different sheds and rooms and later set these on hearth and beat many staff of the Setu Bhaban black and blue” the publication reported.
The vandalism was a part of protests led by college students who had been demonstrating sure quotas in authorities jobs. Sheikh Hasina left the nation for New Delhi on August 5 after stepping down as Prime Minister, An interim authorities in Bangladesh, led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in on Thursday.
