Crisis in Bangladesh: 24 people burned living in a hotel set on fire by a mob; Hindu houses and temples 'targeted'
Muhammad Yunus will lead the interim government in Bangladesh. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not expected to leave India in the coming days. Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel peace laureate and economist, was elected to lead Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday night, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following a violent crackdown on a student uprising. BNP leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, after being released from prison, expressed concern over national violence, vandalism and looting of state resources amid the student uprising, the Dhaka Tribune reported.
Khaleda Zia's reaction comes as reports say at least 24 people, including an Indonesian national, were burnt alive by a mob in Bangladesh at a star hotel of an Awami League party leader after its leader Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and left the government. country . The victims, mostly pensioners, were burnt alive late Monday night when a mob set fire to the Zabir International Hotel of Awami League district general secretary Shahin Chakkladar in Joshor district, said l PTI news agency. Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi Hindu association said hundreds of Hindu homes, businesses and temples have been vandalized since Sheikh Hasina's ouster.
Hindus make up about 8% of Bangladesh's 170 million people and have historically supported Hasina's Awami League party, which describes itself as largely secular, rather than the opposition bloc that includes a party radical Islamist.
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