Visuals from Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Fulbari on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri from where Bangladesh nationals can be seen crossing over to their country
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The country has been engulfed by protests and violence that began last month after student groups demanded scrapping of a controversial quota system in government jobs
Amid the violent situation in Bangladesh, followed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on Monday, several Bangladesh nationals were seen crossing over to their country from the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Fulbari on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and left her residence in Dhaka, amid massive protests in her country. She is reported to leave for London after arriving in India, according to a source close to the Bangladesh.
#WATCH | Visuals from Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Fulbari on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri from where Bangladesh nationals can be seen crossing over to their countrySheikh Hasina has resigned as the Bangladesh PM and left her residence in Dhaka,… pic.twitter.com/cgDvNJiHFN
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The sources said that Hasina would likely to land in India then would take a commercial flight to London.
Hasina on Monday resigned from her post and left the country, claimed home minister Asaduzzaman Khan. Speaking exclusively to CNN-News18, Khan said: “Sheikh Hasina has resigned. I have received the information that she has resigned”.
Amid the violent condition in the counntry, a Bangladesh national shared her opinion on the current situation in her country. She said, “She (Hasina) caused a lot of atrocities on the students. Let us see what will happen now. The next government should not do the same to the students.”
Another Bangladesh national said, “We have heard that Sheikh Hasina has left the country. The country is in a bad state. We want peace.”
The country has been engulfed by protests and violence that began last month after student groups demanded scrapping of a controversial quota system in government jobs. That escalated into a campaign to seek the ouster of Hasina, who won a fourth straight term in January in an election boycotted by the opposition.
At least 91 people were killed and hundreds injured on Sunday in a wave of violence across the country of 170 million people as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters.
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