HASINA REACHES INDIA, LANDS AT HINDON AIR BASE
Agartala, Aug 05, 2024, By Our Correspondent414
Plane pic in the front is representative pic
Sheikh Hasina has arrived India.
She travelled in a Bangladesh military transport plane and in the evening her flight landed at the Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad. Hasina and her sister and some unidentified others were received by Indian officials and they were hurriedly taken away to some undisclosed location under extreme security cover.
It is said that she would in all likelihood fly out to the United Kingdom . Preparations were being made for this.
Earlier all through the day speculations were rife that Hasina would come to Agartala or Kolkata en route to Delhi as she resigned and left Bangladesh following the protesters’ storming the Ganbhavan on Monday morning.
It is later learnt that Hasina and her sister took the C-130J Hercules plane , a Bangladesh military transport plane with a call sign AJAX 1431 to come to India. There are reports they first took a helicopter to reach the plane in a military air base.
Earlier , as her departure from Dhaka and probable route was identified Agartala, a high alert was sounded and the authorities were put on battle ready position to receive her. Ultimately, she went straight to Delhi.
The Border in Tripura and also in other parts of the North East with Bangladesh were intensified in view of the fast changing developments in Bangladesh.
In the meantime Bangladesh army has taken over the power following Prime Minister Shekh Hasina’s departure from Dhaka after resignation.
Chief of Armed Forces Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman in a televised statement at around 3.30 pm announced the formation of an interim government to rule the country.
Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman asked all sides to remain calm and refrain from clashes and vandalism. He also assured the protesters that the interim government would ‘ensure justice’ for about nearly 300 people killed in the recent violence. It may be metioned here that only yesterday senior ad retired Army generals of Bangladesh had appealed to Hasina not to use Army against the protesters. At night Hasina held a top level meeting with Army, Navy, Airforce , RAB , BGB chiefs and discussed the situation.
This morning however broke with extreme anticipation and electrifying tension as the protesters got ready for the Long march to Ganavaban demanding Hasina’s resignation.
The army chief said that he would take the proposal for the interim government to President Mohammed Shahabuddin.
Earlier, in the noon in a massive development Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for an ‘undisclosed’ location as the protesters on a long march captured Gana Bhavan on Monday.
The army was going to take over the rein and the Army Chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman is scheduled to address the nation on Monday itself.
Reports reaching here from Bangladesh said, Sheikh Hasina resigned at the face of protests and left the country on which was being razed by violence for the last few weeks leaving more than 300 dead.
Dhaka reports said Hasina and her sister had been taken to a "safe shelter" away from her official residence.