Bangladesh crisis: One protestor steals Sheik Hasina's sarees from residence, says going to make wife the PM
Sheikh Hasina, one person took a bag full of the former Prime Minister's saree. The protests which lasted for weeks resulted in hundreds of deaths in Bangladesh with curfews being imposed and the internet being restricted.
A viral video on social media showed a man with a bag on his head. When inquired, he said it contained Sheikh Hasina's saree. The man doubled down on his remarks and claimed that he would give the sarees to his wife, and make her the PM.
«I am going to make my wife the PM,» he said.
ET Online has not independently verified the video
Protests and incidents of vandalism were reported from the streets of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday, a day when Shiekh Hasina tendered her resignation and left the country amidst weeks of student-led protests that escalated into violence.
Visuals aired on TV, local media and social media platforms showed people ransacking Sheikh Hasina's official residence and taking away eatables.
People were also seen storming into the parliament building and decamping with things.
Shortly after the 76-year-old leader, accompanied by her sister left the country in a military helicopter Bangladesh's military chief General. Waker-uz-Zaman urged protestors to shun violence. The army chief announced that an interim government will soon be formed.
The protests majorly by students demanded an end to a quota system for government jobs and had grown into an uprising against Hasina and her ruling Awami League party. At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died
