Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, had his home in Dhaka vandalized by a mob on Wednesday night. After storming the building, the demonstrators, who were allegedly calling for the Awami League to be banned, set fire to the top floor and caused extensive damage.
The demonstrators entered the property by breaking through the gate. They damaged the historic house and destroyed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s portraits with hammers, crowbars, and wooden planks.
Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, made a speech online that is connected to the protest.
If Sheikh Hasina gave a speech, social media posts demanded a “Bulldozer Procession” towards the house. The house was demolished by an excavator.
On August 5, protesters attacked the Dhanmondi 32 residence, destroying parts of it and setting them on fire.
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement’s convener, Hasnat Abdullah, wrote on Facebook: “Tonight, the land of Bangladesh will be freed from fascism.”
Sheikh Hasina claimed that although the agitators are erasing her recollections of her early years, they will never be able to change the past of her family. She continued, “They can demolish a building, but not the history… but they must also remember that the history takes its revenge” .
Declaring that the house was a representation of fascism and authoritarianism, the demonstrators said they intended to eradicate all traces of fascism and “Mujibism” from the nation.
The residence is situated in the Dhanmondi neighborhood of Dhaka.
The Bangabandhu Memorial Museum now occupies the house. “Friend of Bengal” or “Bangabandhu” was the nickname given to Sheikh Mujib.
From the house, Sheikh Mujib oversaw the pre-independence autonomy movement for many years.
