Sheikh Hasina will not make a political comeback, says son Sajeeb Wazed Joy
London, Aug 5: Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina will not make a political comeback, her son and former official adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on Monday, asserting that she left the country for her own safety on her family's insistence.
Hasina, 76, resigned and left the country for London earlier in the day amid mass protests against her government.
In an interview to Newshour on the BBC World Service, Joy said there would be no political comeback for his mother.
He said that Hasina had been considering resigning since Sunday and had left the country for her own safety after her family insisted.
Joy said that his mother, who ruled Bangladesh for 15 years, was "so disappointed that after all her hard work, for a minority to rise up against her", according to the report.
Expressing Hasina's disappointment, he said, “She has turned Bangladesh around. When she took over power, it was considered a failing state. It was a poor country. Until today it was considered one of the rising tigers of Asia. She's very disappointed.”
The clashes between protesters demanding Hasina's resignation and the ruling Awami League supporters in different parts of Bangladesh on Sunday erupted days after more than 200 people were killed in violent clashes between police and mostly student protesters. At least 300 people have been killed within a fortnight.
Rejecting accusations that the government had been heavy-handed in dealing with protestors, Joy said, “You’ve had policemen beaten to death – 13 just yesterday. So what do you expect the police to do when mobs are beating people to death?”
The protesters demanded an end to the controversial quota system that reserved 30 per cent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971.
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Telangana: Four masked men loot ₹30 lakh from ATM in Rangareddy, CCTV footage surfaces
Rangareddy: A group of four masked men looted ₹30 lakh from a State Bank of India (SBI) ATM in Telangana’s Rangareddy district in the early hours of Sunday. The entire heist, which lasted four minutes, was captured on CCTV inside the ATM kiosk.
According to police, the burglary took place at around 2 am in Maheshwaram. CCTV footage shows one of the burglars getting down from a car and spraying a substance on the camera at the entrance to obstruct visibility. However, another CCTV inside the ATM captured the crime. The gang disabled the emergency alarm by cutting its wires before proceeding with the theft.
The burglars used an iron rod and a gas cutter to break open the ATM machine, looting ₹29.69 lakh before fleeing. They also rolled down the shutter before leaving.
Police have launched a manhunt and are reviewing CCTV footage from nearby areas to track the burglars' vehicle. According to investigators, five individuals were involved, three inside the ATM, one waiting outside, and another in the getaway car.
Officials suspect the gang may have committed similar ATM thefts in Bengaluru and Hosur, Tamil Nadu, following the same modus operandi. The thieves reportedly attempted to rob another ATM in Mylardevpally but abandoned it after suffering an electric shock while cutting wires.
Multiple teams have been deployed to arrest the accused.
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