Day after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns, hunt on for law & order
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved Parliament on Tuesday to make way for the formation of an interim administration and released former prime minister Khaleda Zia from detention, a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned as PM and fled the country amid escalating protests and civil unrest.
Negotiations on composition of the interim administration continued through the day, even as law-and-order situation deteriorated, with attacks on minorities and Indian assets, including the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka, according to people familiar with the matter. The police, facing wrath of protesters-dozens of whom were reportedly killed in firing in recent weeks-issued an apology and declared an indefinite strike.
'US revokes Hasina visa, UK refuses asylum'
Given the volatile situation, the imposition of martial law under the current army chief might be a prudent option, said the people cited earlier.
Meanwhile, India remained in touch with the Bangladesh military establishment. External affairs minister S Jaishankar briefed Parliament and an all-party meeting on the evolving situation in the neighbouring country.
Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in Delhi on Monday, remained in India amid reports that the United States had revoked her visa and the UK refused her asylum. While the US welcomed the creation of an interim administration in Bangladesh, the UK called for a United Nations probe into the incidents in Bangladesh over the past few weeks.
«It is not yet certain how many days
